This ICR is approved, consistent with revised burden estimates, revised supporting statements, and revised instruments. AHRQ agrees to acknoledge all study limitations when publicly reporting on these study results, including the limitation that effectiveness of implementation may be due to potential limitations of the tools/interventions themselves, which have not been validated.
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According to the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy, only 12 percent of adults have proficient health literacy - the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Limited health literacy often leads to medication errors. For example, one study found that a majority of adults with low health literacy did not understand instructions to "take medication on an empty stomach." Overall, it is estimated that low health literacy costs the U.S. health care system $50 billion to $73 billion per year. Pharmacies can serve as an important source of medication information for people with limited health literacy, but relatively few pharmacies have implemented health literacy practices (Praska et al., 2005). Recognizing that pharmacies may need outside knowledge and assistance to improve their health literacy practices, AHRQ, through a previous task order, supported the creation of four health literacy tools for pharmacy settings, which have been validated in institutional pharmacy settings. AHRQ now proposes to distribute these tools to a more diverse set of pharmacies and to conduct in-depth case studies to enhance our understanding about the conditions that may facilitate or impede the adoption of the tools in these settings.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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