Health Literacy

Question 1

The ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society

Answer 1

Literacy

Question 2

Skills to enable access, understanding and use of information for health

Answer 2

Medical literacy

Question 3

What is the Canadian Public Health Associations (CPHA) definition of Health Literacy?

Answer 3

Health literacy is the ability to access, understand, evaluate, and communicate information as a way to promote, maintain, and improve health is a variety of settings across the life course.

Question 4

What is the difference between literacy and health literacy

Answer 4

Literacy provides a base for health literacy, however health literacy involves more than the ability to read or understand number. Health literacy involves context as well as the ability to find, understand, evaluate and communicate health-related information

Question 5

What are the 5 levels of literacy?

Answer 5

1. Very poor
2. A capacity to deal with only the simple, clear material involving uncomplicated tasks
3. Adequate to cope with the demands of every day life and work in an advanced society
   4 & 5. Strong literacy skills.