Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 2nd Edition

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We would like to get a sense of the knowledge and understanding you have about health literacy. Please complete this brief quiz that assesses some key facts about health literacy.

1. Limited health literacy is associated with:
    ___  A. Higher mortality rates
    ___  B. Lower levels of health knowledge
    ___  C. Greater use of inpatient and emergency department care
    ___  D. Poor Medicine adherence
    ___  E. B and D
    ___  F. All of the above

2. You can tell how health literate a person is by knowing what grade he or she completed in school.
    ___  A. True
    ___  B. False

3. Which of the following skills are considered to be components of health literacy?
    ___  A. Ability to understand and use numbers
    ___  B. Reading skills
    ___  C. Speaking skills
    ___  D. Ability to understand what is said
    ___  E. Writing skills
    ___  F. All the above

4. Being anxious affects a person's ability to absorb, recall, and use health information effectively.
    ___  A. True
    ___  B. False

5. What is the average reading level of U.S. adults?
    ___  A. 4^th-5^th grade
    ___  B. 6^th-7^th grade
    ___  C. 8^th-9^th grade
    ___  D. 10^th-11^th grade
    ___  E. 12^th grade

6. What is the grade level at which health-related information (like a Diabetes brochure) is typically written?
    ___  A. 4^th-5^th grade
    ___  B. 6^th-7^th grade
    ___  C. 8^th-9^th grade
    ___  D. 10^th grade or higher
    ___  E. 11^th grade or higher
    ___  F. 12^th grade or higher
    ___  G. college level

7. What is the best reading level for written materials used with patients?
    ___  A. 3^rd-4^th grade
    ___  B. 5^th-6^th grade
    ___  C. 7^th-8^th grade
    ___  D. 9^th-10^th grade
    ___  E. 11^th-12^th grade

8. To use good health literacy practices, staff and clinicians should use which of the following words/phrases when talking to or writing instructions for a patient or family member?

   Circle the word/phase in either Option 1 or 2 in each row

   Option 1		OR	Option 2
   a.	Bad	OR	Adverse
   b.	Hypertension	OR	high blood pressure
   c.	blood glucose	OR	blood sugar
   d.	You have the flu.	OR	Your flu test was positive.
   e.	The cardiologist is Dr. Brown.	OR	The heart doctor is Dr. Brown.
   f.	Your appointment is at 11:00 AM. Check in 20 minutes early.	OR	Arrive at 10:40 AM to check in.

9. It is a good health literacy practice to assume that each patient you communicate with has limited health literacy.
    ___  A. True
    ___  B. False

10. What strategies could all of us adopt to minimize barriers and misunderstanding for patients?
    
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Answer Key

Question Number and Answers

1. F
2. B
3. F
4. A
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. a. Option 1 – Bad.
   b. Option 2 – High blood pressure.
   c. Option 2 – Blood sugar.
   d. Option 1 – You have the flu.
   e. Option 2 – The heart doctor is Dr. Brown.
   f. Option 2 – Arrive at 10:40 AM to check in.
9. A
10. Open-ended answer

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