Health Literacy and Informed Consent Materials: Designed for Documentation, Not Comprehension of Health Research

摘要: Minority populations with health disparities are underrepresented in research designed to address those disparities. One way improve minority representation is use community-based participatory methods overcome barriers participation, beginning the informed consent process. Relevant participation include lack of individual or community awareness acceptance processes and purposes. These associated limited literacy. To inform recommendations for an improved process, we examined 97 documents 10 Institutional Review Board websites determine their literacy demands degree adherence principles research. We assessed reading level obtained global measures demand by using Suitability Comprehensibility Assessment Materials instrument. Although these were deemed suitable as medical forms, readability levels inappropriate, they unsuitable educating potential participants about also forms policies endorsement principles, finding that very few acknowledged adhered such principles. comprehension documents, recommend restructuring them educational materials adhere current guidelines.