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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Consum Health Internet. 2020 Feb 11;24(1):50–61. doi: 10.1080/15398285.2019.1710980

Table 1:

Materials Review Scores for Common Health Literacy Measures Assessments calculated by authors using the defined parameters and resources below.

Materials Reviewed Readability
Score
PEMAT
Score
CLAS Score Source
JPS Hospital PowerPoint-Postpartum 6.7 38%-40% Developing John Peter Smith Hospital
Baylor Scott and White Hospital Postpartum Education 8.8 38%-20% Not Present Baylor Scott and White Hospital computer-generated postpartum education
Baylor Scott and White Hospital Health Custom Communications 7.2 81%-100% Developing A New Beginning Book: Dianne Moran, RN, LCCE, ICD and G. Byron Kallam, MD, FACOG
The Woman’s Hospital of Texas-Postpartum Discharge Guide 10.4 46%-60% Not Present Postpartum Discharge Guide https://womanshospital.com/dotAsset/4ce953d1-ec8f-4f3f-bcf8-2f88cfa3978d.pdf
Save Your Life: Get Care for these POST-BIRTH Warning Signs – Online 9.6 69% -50% Developing AWOHNN Postpartum Education Materials https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.awhonn.org/resource/resmgr/files/Post-Birth_Warning_signs_160.pdf
Preeclampsia Foundation – Online 11.0 71%-40% Developing Postpartum Preeclampsia https://www.preeclampsia.org/stillatrisk
World Health Organization Maternal Sepsis – Online 7.2 67%-20% Not Present Global Maternal and Neonatal Sepsis Initiative http://srhr.org/sepsis/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/WHO_Infographic-Maternal-sepsis-overview-EN-A4-WEB.pdf
Postpartum Hemorrhage widiHow by Carrie Noriega, MD Obstetrician & Gynecologist – Online 8.1 80%-80% Not Present How to Know if It’s Postpartum Bleeding or a Period https://www.wikihow.com/Know-if-It%27s-Postpartum-Bleeding-or-a-Period
NIH Mental Health Postpartum Depression – Online 9.8 64%-60% Not Present NIH Mental Health - Postpartum Depression Facts https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/postpartum-depression-facts/index.shtml
American Heart Association Peripartum Cardiomyopathy – Online 9.1 67%-20% Not Present AHA Peripartum Cardiomyopathy https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/cardiomyopathy/what-is-cardiomyopathy-in-adults/peripartum-cardiomyopathy-ppcm
TCC AVS Instructions – Rural Clinic 6.7 14% - 43% Not Present Tyler Circle of Care computer-generated postpartum education.

14Readability Score: Documents were scored at https://readable.io/text/ and http://www.readabilityformulas.com/ by pasting full documents or portions of the more extensive education material. Satisfactory reading level was considered 5th grade or below.

13PEMAT Score: Documents were scored at https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/improve/self-mgmt/pemat/pemat2.html. Good understandability and actionability was considered greater than 80%.

8CLAS Score: Documents were scored utilizing a developed rubric to state if the material had CLAS Standards present, developing, or not present.