Education Plan for Health Literacy Exam1 Questions with Answers
What is the definition of "health literacy"?
Which of the following are myths about health literacy? 1) It is only
a problem for the functionally illiterate. 2) It is only a problem for
ethnic minorities. 3) People will tell you if they can't read. 4) The
number of years of school completed is a good measure of it. 5) To
overcome it, you just need to simplify our educational materials.
Who loves you the most in the whole world?
Describe the numeric component of health literacy.
Name the 7 health literacy best practices.
What are some high-level consequences of healthcare illiteracy?
The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain,
process, and understand basic health information and services
needed to make appropriate health decisions.
All false.
You know me.
People who are health illiterate may also be challenged in interpreting numbers.
1) Appointment Reminders, 2) Phone Follow-up, 3) Confirm Understanding (Teach-Back Method), 4) Treatment Simplification, 5)
Shared Decision-Making, 6) Medication review (Brown bag), 7)
Kind, Supportive Staff.
a) more frequent admissions, b) longer lengths of stay, c) higher
use of emergency room, d) more diagnostic procedures, e) underutilization of disease prevention/health promotion, f) overutilization
of acute care