Health Literacy Flashcards by Jacob Dolphin

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The health literacy gap is based off people’s what and the health system’s what?

A

Skills and complexity

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In a study of 395 primary care patients in the 3 states asked “How would you take this medicine?” What percent did not understand the instructions on more than one label?

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46%

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In a study of 395 primary care patients in the 3 states asked “How would you take this medicine?” What percent of people with adequate literacy missed at least one label?

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38%

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In a study of adults with literacy below 6th grade level: What percent of people correctly read the instructions “take two tablets by mouth daily?”

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71%

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In a study of adults with literacy below 6th grade level: Only what percent of people could demonstrate the number of pills to actually take?

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35%

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There are lots of ways to get what wrong?

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Dosing instructions

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A study of patient and physician communications: Most physicians (77%) believed patients knew their diagnosis, however what percent of patients did?

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57%

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Nearly all physicians (98%) stated that they at least sometimes discussed their patients’ fears and anxieties, compared with what percent of patients who said their physicians never did this?

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54%

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What is the ability to obtain, read, and understand and use health information and services?

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Health literacy

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A wide range of skills is needed to help people understand and use information to lead a health what?

A

Life

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A wide range of skills is needed to help people understand and use information to lead a health life.

Understand appointment what?

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Notices

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A wide range of skills is needed to help people understand and use information to lead a health life.

Following what on medication labels?

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Instructions

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A wide range of skills is needed to help people understand and use information to lead a health life.

Get information about what?

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Illness

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A wide range of skills is needed to help people understand and use information to lead a health life.

Participate in discussion of informed what?

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Consent

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A wide range of skills is needed to help people understand and use information to lead a health life.

Making appropriate medical what?

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Decisions

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Health literacy in the public includes:

1). Voting on what ordinances
2). Vaccinations
3). What preparedness
4). Wearing a what
5). What of diabetes
6). OSHA workplace what

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1). Voting on smoking ordinances
2). Vaccinations
3). Emergency preparedness
4). Wearing a helmet
5). Causes of diabetes
6). OSHA workplace regulations

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77 million adults have basic or below health literacy what?

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Skills

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90 million Americans have difficulty understanding and using health what?

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Information

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Over 40 million additional Americans cannot read complex what?

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Text

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Approximately 1.6 million Missourians have basic or below basic health what?

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Literacy

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Impact of Poor Health Literacy: Less likely to comply with treatment and medication what?

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Plans

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Impact of Poor Health Literacy: Less use of preventative what (immunizations, physicals, and screenings)?

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Services

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Impact of Poor Health Literacy: Risk of hospitalizations and longer what?

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Stays

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Impact of Poor Health Literacy: Not managing chronic conditions what?

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Properly

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Impact of Poor Health Literacy: Increased costs and poor health what?

Outcomes

Impact of Poor Health Literacy: Increased what?

Mortality

Patients/parents forget 40-50% of what their practitioner tells them as soon as they leave the office and nearly 50% of what they do remember is recalled what?

Incorrectly

The more information a patient is given, the less they can what?

Recall

People with low health literacy have over what times higher annual health care costs?

Four

$13,000 average annual costs for low health what?

Literacy

$3,000 for those with higher health what?

Literacy

The economic costs of poor health literacy: 3.3 to what million dollars a year in Missouri?

3.3 to 7 million

The economic costs of poor health literacy: 238 billion dollars a year in what?

The US

The economic costs of poor health literacy: Human costs include increased pain and what, mental what, and lost work and leisure what?

Suffering, health, time

Does Medicaid or Medicare pay for 47% of healthcare costs? Which one does 19%

Medicaid: 47% Medicare: 19%

Quality is affected by: Later diagnosis of what and ailments?

Diseases

Quality is affected by: Poor what and treatment adherence

Medication

Quality is affected by: Less preventative what utilization

Care

Quality is affected by: Increased need for chronic care what?

Measures

Quality is affected by: Greater costs for person and what?

Systems

A communication strategy that assumes all healthcare encounters are at risk for communication errors and aims to minimize risk for all is what?

Universal precautions

Most patient instructions are complex, delivered rapidly, and easy to forget under what?

Stress

Healthcare is increasingly complex: More medications, tests, and what?

Procedures

Healthcare is increasingly complex: More self-care what?

Requirements

Healthcare is increasingly complex: More individual input into what?

Decisions

Understand how patients' what affects their decision making?

Background

Aspects affecting health literacy include culture, religion, health disparities, compliance rates, and education what?

Levels

Universal precautions strive to what visits consumer-centered?

Make

Universal precautions explain thing clearly in plain what?

Language

Universal precautions focus on key message and what?

Repeat

Use the 'teach back' or 'show me' method for what?

Understanding

Use consumer-friendly educational material to enhance what?

Interactions

Use medical interpretations what?

Services

Most patients don't understand what?

Anatomy

Use analogies that are relatable to the what?

Patient

Consumer-friendly pictures or demonstrations are often what to low literacy patients?

Helpful

Health drawings provided to MDs by companies are often what?

Complicated

While talking with families, always: 1). Use plain what 2). Slow what 3). Break it down to shorter what 4). Focus on 2-3 most important what 5). Check for what

1). Use plain language 2). Slow down 3). Break it down to shorter statements 4). Focus on 2-3 most important concepts 5). Check for understanding

Health literacy is what?

Important

Lack of health literacy is costly to the patient and what?

Beyond

It's important to learn these skills for your professional and personal what?

Life