Health Literacy from A to Z Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message

Name: Health Literacy from A to Z Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message
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ISBN: 9780763745509

ISBN-10: 0763745502

ISBN-13: 9780763745509

Edition: 2005

Authors: Helen Osborne

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Clear communication of your health message can make all the difference in effective patient care. Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message is an easy to use handbook designed for the busy health professional. Filled with ideas and strategies that can be used in everyday practice, Health Literacy from A to Z is a first-of-its-kind resource. Learn the key principles and strategies of effective health communication presented in a simple, informal manner by one of the nation's leading experts in health literacy. Whether you are a physician, nurse, pharmacist, allied health professional, case manager, public health specialist, practice manager, health care…

Book details

List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC
Publication date: 8/31/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 293
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


How to Use This Book


About Health Literacy


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Solutions


Sources to Learn More


Assessing Literacy in Healthcare


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Solutions


Sources to Learn More


Assessing Readability


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Solutions


Sources to Learn More


Bulleted Lists


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Solutions


Sources to Learn More


Choosing, Adapting, and Reviewing Teaching Materials


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Solutions


Sources to Learn More


Consumer Health Libraries


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Solutions


Sources to Learn More


Decision Aids and Shared Decision-Making


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Solutions


Sources to Learn More


Email


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Ethics of Simplicity


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Feedback: Interviews and Focus Groups


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Feng Shui and Other Environmental Considerations


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Forms and Other "Reading-to-Do" Documents


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Groups, Classes, and Educational Programs


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Hearing: Communicating with People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Helping Patients Prepare for and Participate in Healthcare


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Helping Patients Remember and Follow Medical Instructions


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Humor


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Internet Information


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Interpreters: Foreign and American Sign Language


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Knowledge: Learning and Teaching


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Language and Culture: Communicating with People from Other Languages and Lands


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Literacy: Communicating with People Who Do Not Read or Read Well


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Media: Videotapes, Audiotapes, CDs, and DVDs


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Medical-Legal Documents


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Metaphors and Analogies


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Solutions


Sources to Learn More


Numbers


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Objects and Models


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Older Adults


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Pictographs


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Plain Language


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Quality


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Risk Communication


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Signs, Maps, and Other Navigation Tools


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Stories and Narratives


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Talking and Listening


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Telephone


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Touchscreen Technology


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Translations


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Universal Design in Print and on the Web


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Vision: Communication with People Who Are Blind or Have Limited Vision


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Visuals


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Website Design


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Word Choice


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


X-tras


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


You: Empathy and Humanity


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Zest and Pizzazz


Starting Points


Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions


Sources to Learn More


Eight Ways You Can Improve Health Communication


Health Literacy Month


About the Author


Index