Older Latinos
Health Literacy
Health Literacy
Health Literacy
Older Latinos
100
219 Percent
What is the projected growth for older Latinos
100
Number of adults with low health literacy
What is 80 million adults
100
Ability to read and understand text in health care
What is print literacy
100
Reading, writing, and arithmetic
What is functional literacy
100
the process by which a person changes when they come in contact with a host culture
What is acculturation
200
When will older latinos reach 12.5 million?
What is the year 2050
200
The ability to speak and listen effectively in the health care environment
What is oral literacy
200
Elderly, minority, poor
What is Groups with Low Health Literacy
200
Literacy is shaped within social practices and relies on critical reflection to make meaning from information and apply it in context.
What is Multiple Functional Literacies
200
the level at which social workers gather information from an individual client
What is micro level
300
the family member who cares for older latinos most of the time
What is Daughters
300
Ability to read and understand text in health care
What is print literacy
300
Think, Link, and Respond
What is Three-part process of reflection
300
Macro Level of Assessment and Intervention
What is cultural, political, and economic contexts
300
A cultural norm that promotes cooperation and smooth, amiable social interactions
What is Simpatia
400
Latinos report high rates of diabetes, hypertension, respiratory problems, and disability
What is Poorer Health
400
Addressing low health literacy by overcoming limited reading skill
What is Direct Interventions
400
Functional Health literacy
What is minimal skills needed to function in health-care contexts
400
Reflective health Literacy
What is higher-order literacy skills such as analysis
400
Viewing old age as a natural process that brings about age-related social roles and physical, emotional, and social changes.
What is the Life Course Perspective
500
Establish linguistic preference, don't make assumptions based on family names or physical characteristics.
What is culturally competent practice with older Latinos
500
Addressing underlying causes of low health literacy such as poverty, racism, and lack of access to care
What is Indirect Interventions
500
Views health literacy as the ability to use information and services in ways that enhance health
What is the Health Promotion approach
500
WHO
What is World Health Organization
500
The most salient historic and contemporary sociopolitical factor that affects Latino's aging.
What is immigration
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