Health Literacy & Your Health Center — A Six-Part CME Program Presented by VCHA

Registration & Pre-evaluation Form

Please complete the following registration and pre-evaluation & registration fields, which should take approximately 5-10 minutes.

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* 1. Registration/Contact Information

Name

Title

Organization

Address

City/Town

State

Zip

Phone

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* 2. Additional Contact Information

Credentials (M.D., N.P., N.A., etc.)

Role in your organization (Provider, Office Manager, Educator, other, etc.)

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* 3. What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act definition of health literacy?

Ability to read health-related materials, comply with medication regimens and analyze graphs

To understand what is recommended by a doctor and communicate information to friends and family members

An individual’s capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand health information and services to make appropriate health decisions

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* 4. Which of the following outcomes are linked with low health literacy? (check all that apply)

More ER visits

More hospital stays

Less likely to follow treatment plans

Higher mortality rates

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* 5. In the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy, what percent of adults had proficient health literacy skills?

12%

24%

34%

41%

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* 6. Readability uses formulas to measure the complexity of materials and plain language is communication that someone can understand the first time. Addressing health literacy also means making the content understandable and ____ for everyone.

Written, Actionable

Video, Interesting

Written, Interesting

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* 7. The primary patient education (consumer health) resource from the National Library of Medicine is _________________________.

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* 8. Universal precaution for health communication means:

Assessing a patient’s health literacy level before communicating health messages

Assuming that all patients need easy-to-understand messages and using them with everyone

Ensuring that all patients get written health information to review at home

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* 9. The benefits of using teach-back include (check all that apply)

Better understanding and adherence

Improved satisfaction and outcomes

Reduction in callbacks and canceled appointments

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* 10. Which one of the following is NOT a recommendation for communicating numerical data to patients?

Use decimals and percentages to describe the numbers

Give absolute risk instead of relative risk

Frame outcomes in both positive and negative terms

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* 11. Which is NOT a reason why those with limited health literacy may struggle with medication adherence?

They may have difficulty understanding drug labels

They may have difficulty interpreting dosing

They may have difficulty finding social support in the community

They may have increased fear about medication side effects

Health Literacy & Your Health Center — A Six-Part CME Program Presented by VCHA

Registration & Pre-evaluation Form

Question Title

* 1. Registration/Contact Information

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* 2. Additional Contact Information

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* 3. What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act definition of health literacy?

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* 4. Which of the following outcomes are linked with low health literacy? (check all that apply)

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* 5. In the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy, what percent of adults had proficient health literacy skills?

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* 6. Readability uses formulas to measure the complexity of ______________ materials and plain language is communication that someone can understand the first time. Addressing health literacy also means making the content understandable and __________________ for everyone.

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* 7. The primary patient education (consumer health) resource from the National Library of Medicine is _________________________.

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* 8. Universal precaution for health communication means:

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* 9. The benefits of using teach-back include (check all that apply)

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* 10. Which one of the following is NOT a recommendation for communicating numerical data to patients?

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* 11. Which is NOT a reason why those with limited health literacy may struggle with medication adherence?

* 6. Readability uses formulas to measure the complexity of materials and plain language is communication that someone can understand the first time. Addressing health literacy also means making the content understandable and ____ for everyone.