Linked with higher healthcare costs, longer hospitalizations, infrequent use of preventative health care, delays in seeking care, higher levels of chronic disease, poor management of chronic disease, ineffective provider-patient communication, and more frequent and inefficient use of costly services
What is low health literacy?
100
Perception, sense, feeling, awareness, knowledge of the fine arts, and the standards used to understand the arts
What is aesthetics?
100
U.S. Census Bureau criteria for rural community
Less than 50,000 people or less than 1,000 people/square mile
100
How much does an Asian elephant weigh?
What is 12,000 pounds?
200
Phenomenon where adopting American norms and health behaviors has a negative effect on blood pressure, cardiovascular risk, and mental health
What is the immigrant paradox?
200
The percentage of the US that is functionally illiterate
What is 25%?
200
Three physiological responses to creative work
What are decreased heart rate, decreased BP, decreased respiratory rate, increased blood flow to intestines, balanced hormones, increased endorphins, strengthened immune system, improved mood, and pain relief?
200
Rural regional age gradient
What is the persistent migration of youth to urban centers, and retired persons to rural regions?
200
The number of cows that might be in one McDonald's hamburger
What is 100?
300
Length of survival following a diagnosis
What are survival rates?
300
Percentage of Americans with low health literacy, according to your textbook, more than obesity, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and breast cancer combined?
What is 39%?
300
5 of the types of artistic expressions discussed in lecture or your text