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Web Conference Objectives Gain awareness of health literacy, its impact, and relationship to quality care Understand the patient and family perspective Develop skills and techniques to address low health literacy Learn principles for selecting or developing plain language print materials Identify resources within the AAP for addressing low health literacy “An individual’s ability to read, write, and speak in English, and compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society, to achieve one’s goals, and develop one’s knowledge and potential.” National Literacy Act of 1991 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Health Literacy: A Definition Obtain, process, understand basic health information and services Make appropriate health care decisions (act on information) Access /navigate healthcare system IOM Report on Health Literacy Limited Health Literacy: The Problem A “mismatch” between patients’ capacities and the demands placed on them by: The nature of their illness Self-management expectations Heath providers Health systems 2003 Health Literacy Assessment Health Literacy of America’s Adults Below Basic: Circle date on doctor’s appointment slip Basic: Give 2 reasons a person with no symptoms should get tested for cancer based on a clearly written pamphlet Intermediate: Determine what time to take Rx medicine based on label, use immunization schedule, interpret a growth chart Proficient: Calculate employee share of health insurance costs using table Low Parental Literacy and Pediatric Asthma Pregnant Women: Concern about Effect of Smoking on Baby Mothers Breastfeed for at least 2 Months Mothers Access a Medical Home for Newborn Infant A Demonstration Exercise The following paragraph of instructions simulates what a reader with low literacy sees on the printed page Read the paragraph out loud. You have 15 seconds to read. Hint: The words are written backwards and the first word is “clea