HSC 3211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iodised Salt, Health Literacy, Genetic Predisposition
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Specific injuries and toxic exposures: helmets, goggles, filters, and ventilation systems. Different rates of disease/injury due to: genetic predisposition, local environmental conditions, poorer care, poorer lifestyle choices, different care-seeking behaviors, linguistic barriers, lack of trust in healthcare professionals. Decrease disparities by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services (clas): cultural competency and health literacy. Respectful and responsive to health beliefs, practices and needs of diverse patients. Language access services, translated patient education material, familiarity with cultural perspectives and beliefs beliefs, biases, and behaviors that may influence care. Healthcare professionals need to reflect on own attitudes, Explore with patients how they see their disease/injury. 50% of the us population is unable to comprehend or act on basic medical information, even if they are native english speakers. Results in: increase hospitalizations and er visits, lower use of preventive services, poor ability to interpret labels and health messages, poorer overall health states and higher mortality.
