HLCP 5.1 Handout, Health Literacy and Communication for Health Professionals
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//-->Health Literacy and Communication for Health ProfessionalsResults: Evaluating our efforts 5.1It is important to realize that conveying health messages clearly, in plain language, is not onlyrequired by some professions Code of Ethics, but it is also a safety issue and has legal implicationsas well. Therefore it is important to incorporate ways to check for understanding and assess ourcommunication efforts early and often!Remember that we should always be focused on measuring how well we are communicating in orderto help people understand our message. One way to be more aware that there may be a low literacysituation is to recognize some of the signs that have been documented.Some clues that a person is not a good reader might be…Their intake forms are incompleteThey frequently miss appointmentsThey may not be giving or taking medicines correctlyThey are unable to give a coherent, sequential historyThey ask very few questionsThey hand materials directly over to a family memberThey try avoiding reading tasks. An example might be them saying, “I forgot my glassestoday”They don't always remember what they have readThey stop reading as soon as they find a plausible answer to their questionThey take information literallyThey often look to things other than print information to answer a question. An example wouldbe checking the pill for its appearance instead of reading the label. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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//-->Health Literacy and Communication for Health ProfessionalsResults: Evaluating our efforts 5.1It is important to realize that conveying health messages clearly, in plain language, is not onlyrequired by some professions Code of Ethics, but it is also a safety issue and has legal implicationsas well. Therefore it is important to incorporate ways to check for understanding and assess ourcommunication efforts early and often!Remember that we should always be focused on measuring how well we are communicating in orderto help people understand our message. One way to be more aware that there may be a low literacysituation is to recognize some of the signs that have been documented.Some clues that a person is not a good reader might be…Their intake forms are incompleteThey frequently miss appointmentsThey may not be giving or taking medicines correctlyThey are unable to give a coherent, sequential historyThey ask very few questionsThey hand materials directly over to a family memberThey try avoiding reading tasks. An example might be them saying, “I forgot my glassestoday”They don't always remember what they have readThey stop reading as soon as they find a plausible answer to their questionThey take information literallyThey often look to things other than print information to answer a question. An example wouldbe checking the pill for its appearance instead of reading the label. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]