Title
Relating consumer knowledge of health terms and health concepts.
Abstract
In consumer health vocabulary (CHV) research, term familiarity serves as a proxy for comprehension. To date, CHV studies have not explicitly addressed the relationship between recognizing and understanding terms. We pilot-tested a survey to assess knowledge of terms among consumers (n=52) at two levels: 1) surface-level familiarity and 2) the underlying meaning or "gist." Preliminary results suggest that familiarity exceeds understanding for "common" CHV terms, but are similar for "less common" terms.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2006
AMIA
linear models
Field
DocType
ISSN
Proxy (climate),Linear model,Computer science,Cognitive psychology,Natural language processing,Artificial intelligence,Vocabulary,Consumer health,Comprehension
Conference
1942-597X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alla Keselman114818.89
Tony Tse211713.40
Jonathan Crowell3708.00
Allen C. Browne418432.81
Long H. Ngo5503.99
Qing Zeng654767.98