Week 8 H&S Flashcards
What are some barriers to participation in cervical screening (incl. specific populations)
- Awareness (health literacy)
- Accessibility (can they do it financially/logistically/psychologically?)
- Acceptability (is it culturally accepted?)
What are some challenges relating to implementation of public health screening programs for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities
- Lack of independence
- Lack of medicare support
- Lack of understanding of healthcare system
Describe strategies to reduce barriers to cervical screening uptake
- Encourage self-collected testing
What is the role of health literacy in health outcomes, particularly for CALD communities
- Probability of seeking testing
- Knowing when to seek further care
What are the two main components of health literacy? Elaborate on them too
- Individual health literacy (individual’s ability to find/implement information, and enough understanding to use/understand the healthcare system)
- Health literacy environment (external policies, processes and materials that affect how a student interacts with the healthcare system)
Low health literacy associated with poorer health outcomes. What are some specific examples of this?
- More hospitalisations/ED usage
- Lower rates of screening (e.g. pap smear or mammogram)
- Poorer ability to interpret results/take medications
- Decreased ability to participate in their own healthcare decision making
What is the relationship between social determinants of health and low levels of health literacy?
Low health literacy is associated with:
- Lower education levels
- Old age
- Low SES
- CALD background
What are some common health literacy issues in CALD populations, from the patient side?
- Language barriers
- Complexity of the healthcare system
- Poor digital literacy
- Poor availability of med-specific other language resources (e.g. leaflets etc)
