Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, Health Literacy, Literacy Test
15 Jul 2015
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Culture: same group that writes/enforces laws, controls commerce, most power to hire, fire, resolve conflicts, make decisions: importance of first language acquisition- english, french. Reasons: social connectedness, support networks: learning about aboriginal culture- due to growing # of books by first nations authors. Income & social status: limited income=limited literacy: highly correlated in wages in 22 of 23 countries- participated in international adult literacy. Living & working conditions: 22% of 50% of adults w/ lower literacy live in low-income households vs 8% w/ high literacy, level 1: 2. 5x more likely to be receiving income support vs level 4-5. Gender: less deprived countries- women=lower literacy, 125 developing countries w/ per capita gdp less than ,000- diff. b/w male & female literacy. Early life: children of parents w/ reading problems - > more likely to have reading problems themselves, w/ home environment that stimulated learning did better than all students.
