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{"id":8429,"date":"2016-02-16T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=8429"},"modified":"2019-10-16T14:40:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T18:40:01","slug":"ceci-doak-discusses-nlms-acquisition-of-the-doaks-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/02\/16\/ceci-doak-discusses-nlms-acquisition-of-the-doaks-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceci Doak discusses NLM\u2019s acquisition of the Doaks\u2019 papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Rob Logan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The National Library of Medicine recently acquired the <a href=\"http:\/\/locatorplus.gov\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v2=1&ti=1,1&Search_Arg=101673917&Search_Code=0359&CNT=25&SID=1\">papers of Cecilia and Leonard Doak<\/a>, pioneers in the field of <a href=\"http:\/\/nnlm.gov\/outreach\/consumer\/hlthlit.html\">health literacy<\/a>. In a recent telephone interview for <\/em>Circulating Now<em>, Ceci Doak shared some thoughts on the early days of health literacy research.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8470\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/img_0595.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8470\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8470\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/02\/16\/ceci-doak-discusses-nlms-acquisition-of-the-doaks-papers\/img_0595\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/img_0595.png?fit=1059%2C1283&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1059,1283\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Ceci Doak\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ceci Doak<br \/>\nPhoto courtesy of the Institute for Healthcare Advancement<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/img_0595.png?fit=248%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/img_0595.png?fit=840%2C1018&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8470\" title=\"Cesi Doak\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/img_0595.png?resize=179%2C217&ssl=1\" alt=\"Informal Portrait of Cesi Doak\" width=\"179\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceci Doak<br \/> <em>Photo courtesy of the Institute for Healthcare Advancement<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ceci’s work on health literacy began when she met her late husband in 1973. She notes the couple\u2019s health literacy work was inspired by a then-dearth of evidence about how to better communicate health information to patients and the public. The Doaks confirmed the existence of only a few evidence-based papers following frequent trips in the 1970s to search through NLM\u2019s archives and resources.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Ceci Doak is amused by how much easier the latter process would have been with searchable archives, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\">PubMed<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmedhealth\/\">PubMed Health<\/a>, and Google Scholar. On the other hand, the Doaks\u2019 positive experiences at NLM more than 40 years ago partially persuaded them to recently donate their collected papers to the library.<\/p>\n<p>The Doaks\u2019 papers contain a body of work including papers, notes, correspondence, speeches, and reports reflecting research and adult health educational consulting (within diverse public health, adult education, and health care delivery settings) from the mid-1970s through the turn of the millennium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8464\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3275_001_task_analysis-e1454692084238.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8464\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/02\/16\/ceci-doak-discusses-nlms-acquisition-of-the-doaks-papers\/3275_001_task_analysis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3275_001_task_analysis-e1454692084238.png?fit=912%2C1185&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"912,1185\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Task Analysis Tools\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Manuscript from Teaching Materials on Task Analysis<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3275_001_task_analysis-e1454692084238.png?fit=231%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3275_001_task_analysis-e1454692084238.png?fit=788%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8464 size-medium\" style=\"border:1px solid #000000;\" title=\"Material on Task Analysis\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3275_001_task_analysis-e1454692084238.png?resize=231%2C300&ssl=1\" alt=\"Paper with taped on illustrations of Charts, Lists, and Diaries.\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manuscript on tools for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usability.gov\/how-to-and-tools\/methods\/task-analysis.html\">Task Analysis<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/locatorplus.gov\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v2=1&ti=1,1&Search_Arg=101673917&Search_Code=0359&CNT=25&SID=1\"><em>NLM# 101673917<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among the insights within the materials, scholars will find evidence that some research participants could not understand clinical terms with a Latin or Greek linguistic derivation. Ceci explains few low literacy consumers understood clinical directions to \u2018avoid\u2019 taking a medication because they did not understand the term \u2018avoid.\u2019 \u201cThe word \u2018avoid\u2019 had no meaning to them,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Ceci explains the use of the term \u2018pre\u2019 often confused some health consumers. For example, when patients or caregivers were given the chance to pre-test something, the latter term was rarely understood by adults with lower literacy (which suggests a lack of understanding among vulnerable populations). By implication, this suggests the word ‘prevention,’ a foundational English-language public health and clinical term, is unlikely to foster optimal conceptual understanding among diverse audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the Doaks often are credited with first suggesting that health literacy might be somewhat different than adult literacy\u2014and health literacy might be best assessed as an independent research construct. Besides recommending words that impact the public\u2019s understanding of medical terms, the Doaks suggested that even above average literacy inconsistently predicts an adult\u2019s understanding of clinical instructions\u2014as well as a person\u2019s interest in health information seeking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8467\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3277_001.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8467\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/02\/16\/ceci-doak-discusses-nlms-acquisition-of-the-doaks-papers\/3277_001\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3277_001.png?fit=1600%2C909&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,909\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Brochure\" data-image-description=\"<p>Headings include:<br \/>\nWho are the Doaks?<br \/>\nWho Can Receive the Award?<br \/>\nWhat information should I include in my nomination?<br \/>\nImage include the logo of Health Literacy Missouri, Cecilia and Leonard Doaks with the first recipient, Dr. James R. Kimmey, Missouri Foundation for Health President &amp; CEO.<br \/>\nPhotograph of Dr. Arthur J Culbert, HLM president and CEO; Dr. Rima Rudd, HLM senior adviser and faculty member at the Harvard School of Public Health; Cecilia and Leonard Doaks.<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Cecilia and Leonard Doak Health Literacy Champion Award Brochure from the <\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3277_001.png?fit=300%2C170&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3277_001.png?fit=840%2C477&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8467 size-large\" title=\"Brochure\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3277_001.png?resize=650%2C369&ssl=1\" alt=\"A brochure about the Cecilia and Leonard Doak Health Literacy Champion Award\" width=\"650\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cecilia and Leonard Doak Health Literacy Champion Award Brochure<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/locatorplus.gov\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v2=1&ti=1,1&Search_Arg=101673917&Search_Code=0359&CNT=25&SID=1\"><em>National Library of Medicine #101673917<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Otherwise, Ceci hesitates to confirm if the Doaks invented the term ‘health literacy.’ Although the Doaks never took credit for \u2018health literacy\u2019s\u2019 initial use, she wryly adds: \u2018I doubt you will see it prior to our work!’ On the other hand, she nods appreciatively when health literacy researchers refer to her and Len as health literacy\u2019s \u2018first family.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ceci, who now lives in the San Diego area, hopes the Doaks’ papers will be used to illuminate how (and from where) the field of health literacy was born.<\/p>\n<p>While Ceci emphasizes the need remains to match health information with audience needs and capabilities, the roots of health literacy\u2019s principles (as well as the initial efforts to intervene) are found within the Doaks\u2019 collaboration and collection.<\/p>\n<p><em>The National Library of Medicine\u2019s acquisition of <a href=\"http:\/\/locatorplus.gov\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v2=1&ti=1,1&Search_Arg=101673917&Search_Code=0359&CNT=25&SID=1\">Cecilia and Leonard Doak\u2019s papers<\/a> facilitates research about the founding of the health literacy field and provides access into the work of adult health education pioneers. The Doaks\u2019 papers currently are held in NLM\u2019s History of Medicine Division where archivists will process them for future in-person public use.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/p4060208.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8471\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/02\/16\/ceci-doak-discusses-nlms-acquisition-of-the-doaks-papers\/olympus-digital-camera-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/p4060208.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"C2100UZ","caption":"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA","created_timestamp":"1112793106","copyright":"","focal_length":"34.1","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.00625","title":"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Rob Logan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/p4060208.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/p4060208.jpg?fit=840%2C630&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8471\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/p4060208.jpg?resize=94%2C71&ssl=1\" alt=\"Rob Logan\" width=\"94\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a>Robert A. Logan, PhD, is a member of the senior staff at the National Library of Medicine and is the editor of a book on international health literacy research to be published in 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Logan The National Library of Medicine recently acquired the papers of Cecilia and Leonard Doak, pioneers in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19605840,"featured_media":8469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[42333869,12763,103],"tags":[396604,341548,517998,2971278],"class_list":["post-8429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives-manuscripts","category-collections","category-news","tag-health-education","tag-health-literacy","tag-manuscript","tag-recent-acquisitions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160204_175530_feature2.png?fit=932%2C361&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3xcDk-2bX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19605840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8429"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9507,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8429\/revisions\/9507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |