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Kimberly A. Kaphingst
Researcher at University of Utah
Publications - 146
Citations - 3786
Kimberly A. Kaphingst is an academic researcher from University of Utah. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health literacy & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 119 publications receiving 2939 citations. Previous affiliations of Kimberly A. Kaphingst include Huntsman Cancer Institute & University of Washington.
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Update on Health Literacy and Diabetes
Stacy Cooper Bailey,Angela G. Brega,Trisha M. Crutchfield,Tom A. Elasy,Haley Herr,Kimberly A. Kaphingst,Andrew J. Karter,Sarah Moreland-Russell,Chandra Y. Osborn,Michael Pignone,Russell L. Rothman,Dean Schillinger +11 more
TL;DR: Low literacy is associated with less diabetes-related knowledge and may be related to other important health outcomes, but it is unclear if these interventions can reduce literacy-related differences in outcomes.
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Communicating genetic and genomic information: health literacy and numeracy considerations.
TL;DR: The current state of research regarding public understanding of genetics and genomics, the influence of health literacy and numeracy on genetic communication, and behavioral responses to genetic and genomic information are discussed.
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Health Literacy and Use and Trust in Health Information
Xuewei Chen,Jennifer L. Hay,Erika A. Waters,Marc T. Kiviniemi,Caitlin Biddle,Elizabeth Schofield,Yuelin Li,Kimberly A. Kaphingst,Heather Orom +8 more
TL;DR: People with limited health literacy had higher rates of using and trusting sources such as social media and blogs, which might contain lower quality health information compared to information from healthcare professionals, and it might be necessary to enhance the public’s ability to evaluate the quality of health information sources.
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Intentions to receive individual results from whole-genome sequencing among participants in the ClinSeq study
Flavia M. Facio,Haley R. Eidem,Tyler Fisher,Stephanie Brooks,Amy Linn,Kimberly A. Kaphingst,Leslie G. Biesecker,Barbara B. Biesecker +7 more
TL;DR: It behooves investigators to facilitate participants’ desire to learn a range of information from genomic sequencing while promoting realistic expectations for its clinical and personal utility.
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A Content Analysis of Direct-to-Consumer Television Prescription Drug Advertisements
TL;DR: A majority of ads used both medical and lay terms to convey medical ideas, which could have implications for the “fair balance” requirement.