Health literacy involves the whole organization and starts at ________.
What is "the front desk"?
(Will also accept leadership)
100
This technique is used to ensure patient comprehension.
What is Teach Back?
100
Patients aged 65 and over are at an increased risk of low health literacy.
What is TRUE?
200
Plain language term for Type 2 Diabetes.
What is High Blood Sugar?
200
Recommendation to overcome barriers (underestimating the importance of HL, overestimating time and money needed) to implementing health literacy practices.
What is all staff trainings?
200
"What ________ do you have for me today?"
What is "questions"?
200
Approximately 50% of Americans have proficient Health Literacy.
What is FALSE? (12%)
300
A Plain Language term for "cardiovascular".
What is "The heart and blood vessels in the body"?
300
One of the 5 Promising Practices: Create an organizational culture where health literacy is not _______.
What is "assumed"?
300
These two things help patients understand how to use their medications correctly.
What are visuals aids and a medication regimen/pill charts.
300
When planning your Health Literacy intervention, you must first test your patients' literacy levels.
What is FALSE? Use "Universal Precautions".
400
Plain language way to say "dialysis".
What is (something like) "using a machine to clean waste out of your blood so that your kidneys work well"?
400
A health literacy training module you could encourage your co-workers to take for CE's.
What are the CDC's "Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals" or AMA "Help Patient Understand" modules?
400
An intervention with individuals to help them understand their medications.
What is A Brown Bag Medication Review or Reconciliation?
400
College educated patients are offended by materials written at a low literacy level.
What is FALSE? Research shows that everyone appreciates clear, conscise health information.
500
Plain language way to say "fasting blood glucose".
What is (something like) "a blood test that shows how much sugar is on your blood after not eating or drinking for eight hours."?
500
One of the Five Promising Practices: "Use of standardized ________ tools".
What is "Communication"?
500
This kit can help your organization address all levels of health literacy within your organization.
What is The Universal Precautions Toolkit?
500
Teach Back adds approx 2 minutes to a patient visit.
What is FALSE? Research shows that it does not add extra time to a visit.