INDH1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Health Literacy, School Hygiene, Mammography

• School: Curtin University
• Department: Indigeneous Health/Indigeneous Studies/Indigeneous Education
• Course: INDH1006
• Professor: Michelle Wen

Document Summary

Workbook 11:communicating and working with aboriginal and torres strait islander people and communities. Health literacy-about communicating health info clearly and understanding correctly. Health literacy and aboriginal and torres strait islander people: most non-indigenous don"t know how to communicate properly or identify health literacy barriers and expect that. It also involves supporting effective partnerships, communication and interpersonal relationships between consumers, healthcare providers, managers, administrative staff and others. Integrating health literacy into education educating consumers and healthcare providers. This could entail population health programs, health promotion and education strategies, school health education, and social marketing campaigns as well as formal education and training of healthcare providers. A communication skill that requires concentration attention and minimal verbal response to help speaker articulate thoughts. It means being prepared to listen and not rushing the patient. Denotative - an objective definition (something you would find in a dictionary). Connotative - a subjective definition (emotional meaning and personal association to a word).