Health Literacy
Bad Apples
Barriers and Blockades
Campaigns
Evidence-Backed Communication
100

This involves both being able to read nutrition facts, as well as understand the dosage and route of prescribed medications

What is "Understanding labels"?

100

Which vaccine did Wakefield undermine confidence in?

What is "MMR?" (But ultimately, all of them)

100

Inadequate broadband/IT infrastructure, especially in rural areas, limits this virtual type of care

What is "Telehealth"?

100

This initiative, led by a former first lady, focused on making children more active and increasing transparency around nutritional labels

What is Michelle Obama's "Let's Move"?

100

This kind of resource proved much more helpful than text-based ones for educating patients

What is "Visual"?

200

This is how the doctor gets accurate reporting from the patient in terms of what is going on with their body

What is "Accurate reporting of symptoms"?

200

In the early 2000's it was vaccine's fault, but recently, acetaminophen has been blamed for causing this condition

What is "Autism"?

200
"Health advice" accounts typically prefer this over accuracy

What is "Engagement"?

200

This speed-themed acronym was invented by the Massachusetts DOH in order to increase recognition of stroke symptoms, and promote a timely response

What is "Act FAST"?

200

New Vital Sign uses the label on this foodstuff to evaluate health literacy

What is "Ice cream"?

300

This added layer of bureaucracy can make already-stressful medical experiences even more difficult, especially for the underserved

What is "Understanding and completing insurance paperwork?"

300

This actress owns a "health company" worth roughly half a billion dollars, selling products like "Jade vaginal eggs" and crystals that heal infertility

Who is "Gwyneth Paltrow?"

300

Biases in the training data for this kind of software will result in biased or skewed outputs and behaviors 

What is "AI"?

300

This Atlanta-based campaign was criticized for promoting stigma & disordered eating in children

What is "Stop Childhood Obesity"?

300

This method involves the provider asking the patient to explain back a concept they have learned, using their own words

What is the "Teach-Back Method"?

400

It's not as simple as punching a name into your GPS - in some areas, a trip here is a matter of hours

What is "locating and reaching the nearest hospital/clinic?"

400

This Theranos CEO once claimed that just a few drops of blood could reveal hundreds of different biomarkers, but is now serving an 11 year sentence in jail

Who is "Elizabeth Holmes"?

400
Graves et al. (2022) found that patients reported the lack of this kind of person sharing accurate health information made it hard to engage with evidence-based information

What is "relatable"?

400

This art-installation project aimed to reduce suicide rates

What is "Project 84"?

400

These tend to be the most highly trusted people for health advice

What is "One's own personal caregiver?" (typically their PCP)

500

What percent of Americans are deemed health literate?

What is "10 percent"?

500

From claiming that wifi causes cancer to suggesting that Prozac leads to mass shootings, this current secretary of health has a number of personal theories some may call "unsupported."

Who is "RFK Jr."?

500

Cultural influences on vaccine information acceptance were especially noted among elderly individuals with limited English proficiency who relied on local leaders, especially common in these two communities

What are "Somali" and "South Asian" communities?

500

The campaign "SEE _________" focused on this neurodegenerative disease

What is "Parkinson's Disease"?

500

This is what NNT stands for - a concept that helps patients better grasp the risks and benefits of different treatment modalities

"Numbers Needed to Treat"?