...Persons With Limited Health Literacy Monica Doyle WaldenUniversity Low Health Literacy among Diabetic Patients Low health literacy is a significant barrier among patients with diabetes. Low health literacy is widespread among patients suffering from diabetes (Cavanaugh et al., 2009). It is linked to poor knowledge regarding diabetes as well as the difficulty to learn advanced skills of self-care required for improving glycemic control (Cavanaugh et al., 2009). In most cases, diabetic patients with low literacy are more likely to African American, older with lower income as well as educational attainment (Osborn, Cavanaugh & Kripalani, 2010). Additionally, this group has a less knowledge specific on diabetes (Cavanaugh et al., 2009). Low numeracy skill is common among diabetic ethnic minority groups (Osborn, Cavanaugh & Kripalani, 2010). Low health literacy, as well as numeracy, is widespread with approximately one in every three Americans affected (Osborn, Cavanaugh & Kripalani, 2010). Health literacy is essential for individuals to take control and manage own health. While considering diabetes, patients affected with low health literacy are faced with the difficulty to understand the disease, are less involved in self-care initiatives, and have inadequate glycemic control (Kandula et al., 2009). In self-management of diabetes, people are responsible for several activities, which become a challenge with inadequate health literacy. The activities include adhering...
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...population as: low population density, limited to no services, disproportionate numbers of elderly, low-income, and minorities, social isolation and a high incidents of chronic illnesses. Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improved their health. Improving health literacy is key in empowering the rural community...
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...Health Literacy "It has long been recognised that people with less well developed literacy, language and numeracy skills (LLN) also have poor health outcomes." (DfES 2006). Poor basic skills impacts on the ability to navigate the healthcare system. It makes it harder, if not impossible, for individuals to make choices about their treatment and their ability to make healthy lifestyle choices. Health Literacy is the ability of individuals to make informed decisions about their health. Everyone needs these skills, but those with poor LLN skills are more at risk poorer health literacy, poorer health outcomes and greater health inequalities. Health literacy involves basic health knowledge and a range of skills including: • the ability to find and read health information; • the ability to comprehend and evaluate health information; • the ability to communicate verbally with health professionals; • the ability to assimilate the above to make better informed personal decisions on their health. Within a health context these skills are needed in order to: • navigate and access the healthcare system and use services appropriately; • communicate health needs effectively; • make empowered choices and decisions about both healthy lifestyles and treatment options; • understand and follow treatment instructions; • both communicate and understand essential information in routine...
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...Behaviors That Challenge Children and Adults The Teaching Pyramid A Model for Supporting Social Competence and Preventing Challenging Behavior in Young Children Lise Fox, Glen Dunlap, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Gail E. Joseph, and Phillip S. Strain Lise Fox, Ph.D., is a research professor with Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She conducts research and training and develops support programs focused on young children with challenging behavior. Glen Dunlap, Ph.D., is a professor of child and family studies and director of the Division of Applied Research and Educational Support at the Florida Mental Health Institute. Mary Louise Hemmeter, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois in UrbanaChampaign and the principal investigator of a five-year project to enhance the capacity of Head Start and child care providers to address the social and emotional needs of young children. Gail E. Joseph, Ph.D., assistant research professor at the University of Colorado at Denver, has been engaged in several national projects focused on professionals working with children with challenging behaviors. Phillip S. Strain, Ph.D., professor in educational psychology at the University of Colorado at Denver, has designed comprehensive early intervention programs for children with autism or severe problem behaviors. Development of this article was supported...
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... | | | |by Robin D. Groce | | | |The purpose of this manuscript is to describe how elementary teachers used their experiences in a storytelling inservice training to teach| | | |lessons in language arts, science, social studies, and bilingual education. Qualitative research methods were used in simultaneously | | | |collecting and analyzing data. Storytelling was found to be a valuable tool for motivating students to listen and engage in content area | | | |lessons, improve reading skills in the content areas, and as a springboard for beginning units and skill development. Teachers' | | | |understandings and implementation of classroom storytelling were heightened as a result of their participation in the inservice training | | | |and subsequent qualitative study. | | | |...
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...All people are acquainted with the word illiteracy; it is considered the inability to use language, to read, to write, to listen and to speak. Today, it is considered as being unable to read and write at a level suitable for written communication or at a level that will allow an individual to function at certain levels of society. In the simplest of terms, illiteracy is the opposite of literacy. We all recognize that illiteracy is bed, that it prevents the cultural growth of a people. Illiteracy in all countries continues to exist on an appalling scale, it can be vanquished and that quickly, if actions are taken and efforts are made by private organizations or the government. Illiteracy is not just a matter of not being able to read books, as was indicated above. It affects many of the activities of adult daily living and it presents a major obstacle to effectiveness in their jobs and home life. Illiteracy comes from lots of reasons, but mostly it comes from the country’s weak situation economically and culturally, educationally, and from its people choices and decision. Ignoring it just causes more problems. First, one of the problems is that illiteracy plays a role in threating the culture and the economy in any country especially Egypt. Culture plays an important role to determine the rights and responsibilities and what the appropriate behavior is for the people. As Lyndon, Selvadurai, Er, Moorthy state that people should recognize that the problem of illiteracy before it...
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...Environmental Literacy is important because children need to understand the environment, and how their decisions/ societies decisions effect their environment. Children need to know that there is only one Earth and they have to take care of it. Learning Environmental Literacy helps children use investigative and analyzing skills to learn about environmental issues, and effective solutions for those issues. As a teacher I can help the children take action towards addressing environmental issues in the classroom by recycling, and teaching them ways to conserve both at home and school. The children will learn about the climate, and weather. They will learn that people are not the only ones who live on the earth through lessons on biodiversity. Most importantly children will learn that what they do today will affect the future generations, gain awareness, and learn how to prevent harming the environment. Environmental Literacy can be very hands on learning, which is more interesting for children. We could have a classroom garden to help the children understand how food is produced, and plant flowers/trees around the school. Another goal of Environmental Literacy is to reconnect children with nature, since the 21st Century is more technology based. I would teach Environmental Literacy throughout the school year by having monthly...
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...De La Salle University Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business Management and Organization Department Service Learning Proposal Form Section: GTA Group Members: Aduana, April (Apes) Chan, Kristin Leslie (Ten) Cheng, Kevin Jayson Torres, Kristine Anne L. (Tin) Organization/Agency: NA/ Aetas in Brgy. Camias Porac, Pampanga Contact Name: Dave Baalan Title: Share Literacy Program for Pampanga’s Aetas Community Telephone: 09292098431 Fax: N/A E-mail: N/A Website: http://karapatria.com/aeta_school.html Address: Barangay Camias City: Porac, Pampanga City 1. What is the mission/purpose of your organization? Mission: In line with the Lasallian Business leaders code of ethics, the purpose of our group is to embody knowledge, moral values and sustainable development with the intention of addressing the needs of the Aetas community. Through the use of literacy medium in reading, writing and basic math. Quote: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day ; Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” (Maimonides ,1229) 2. Please list the primary population(s) served? (youth, seniors, children, homeless, etc.) According to our source, the estimated population in the community is 500 which consists of 150 families with age brackets as follows: * Adult population: 30 years old and above * Youth population: 12 to 29 years old * Infant to child population: 1 month to 11 years old Please see below...
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...Addressing the Minimum Core within Teacher Training Programmes Minimum Core References on Schemes of Work 1. Language and Literacy |Reference |Descriptor |Levels applicable |Portfolio evidence reference | |LA1: Personal, social and cultural factors influencing language, literacy learning and development | |LA1.1 |The different factors affecting the acquisition and development of language and |Diploma | | | |literacy skills | | | |LA1.2 |The importance of English language and literacy in enabling users to participate in |Diploma | | | |public life, society and the modern economy | | | |LA1.3 |Potential barriers that can hinder the development of...
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...Mapping Care Using Standardized Terminology BY Bolajoko Olagbaju American Sentinel University Introduction Knowledge deficit is a prevalent condition among patients, characterized by the lack of both cognitive information and psychomotor skills that are necessary for promotion and maintenance of health, and for a healthy recovery. The nursing profession is faced with the need to address this problem, whether in the hospital, in ambulatory care, or in-home setting. To address knowledge deficit, the learning process involves three domains: the psychomotor domain, the affective domain, and the cognitive domain. The involved nurse engages the patients in making vital decisions on what and how the patient will be taught. Addressing knowledge deficit in nursing care is necessitated by the high number of patients with inaccurate perception concerning their health statuses (Billay, Myrick, Luhanga, & Yonge, 2007). Misinformation and lack of information associated with knowledge deficit can culminate in psychological alteration, which manifests in anxiety and depression. NANDA Nursing Diagnoses, Definition and Classification As mentioned above, knowledge deficit is marked by lack of crucial cognitive information, which is related to specific health topics. This problem is classified as among the main health conditions inherent in patients who have suffered from chronic illnesses. The defining characteristics of knowledge deficit are inaccuracy in adhering to instruction...
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...to even start secondary education in Western, Eastern and Middle Africa and Southern Asia. Enrolment is less of a problem in OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, where education is generally compulsory up to age 15-16. But men are more likely to drop out before completing secondary education, particularly in the high-income countries. As a result, in many countries across the world younger women are increasingly better educated than young men in OECD countries. In reading skills, for example, men lag behind girls at the end of compulsory education to the equivalent of a year’s schooling, on average, and are far less likely to spend time reading for pleasure. Men are ahead in mathematics but the gender gap is small compared to reading. But yet the women are still less likely to choose scientific and technological fields of study, and even when they do, they are less likely to take up a career in these fields – a concern given skills shortages in the workplace, the generally more promising career and earnings prospects in these fields, and the likelihood of positive spillovers from more skilled workers in these fields to innovation and growth. Such decisions are taken very early in life in OECD countries, so one answer should be to focus more work on gender stereotyping and attitude changing at a young age. Gender stereotyping frequently takes place in subtle ways at home, in schools and in society. If primary teachers are mainly women, and...
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...[pic] Reading Program Action Plan John Rhine Northcentral University Language Arts and Reading ED 7005 Dr. Little January 09, 2015 Abstract Reading comprehension among students in today’s society is of high importance. The ability to be college ready in reading and writing categories is a need that many students struggle with at the college level. This paper will focus on an action plan to alleviate those needs and allow for students to be better prepared for future challenges in reading and writing that await them. This paper will address deficiencies, challenges, and strategies to improve the literacy program at Anywhere ISD in Anywhere, Texas. Reading Program Action Plan A reading program plan should be determined by meeting the needs of the students it plans to serve (Ediger, 2010). In determining an action plan for meeting the students of my school there are several key factors I have to evaluate. School funding issues are prevalent in every state in America and in order for this to be effective funding issues need to be established. For the sake of argument this reading program action plan is built on the assumption that funding is not an issue but student success is of more importance. This action plan will focus on 8th grade students at Anywhere ISD in Anywhere, Texas. Based upon data, two thirds of 8th graders read below grade level (Martello, Martello, Modder man, Peterson, & Pan, 2013). Gunning (2013) suggests ten principles in implementing a successful...
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...and develop the learner’s literacy skills. Methods of analysis includes examining the needs from relevant stakeholders and the outcomes from a community of inquiry. Results of the research and feedback demonstrated that although students may possess English GCSE qualifications the business community and bodies such as OFSTED highlight that the level of literacy amongst today’s school leavers was not adequate in terms of the functional skill. The report highlights the importance of increasing student’s level of literacy and functional skills. There are areas specifically in terms of cross-curricular activities that could be further explored. The report recommends the creation of a learning tool in the form of a booklet to enable students to develop and improve their literacy skills within the business curriculum and thus the functional skill. Once the initial proposal was agreed in order to maintain focus throughout the project, SMART objectives were established and addressed, a time plan was created and the personal tutor was involved during the project (Refer to Appendix 1). Introduction ‘Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation of lifelong learning. It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to transform lives. For individuals, families, and societies alike, it is an instrument of empowerment to improve one’s health, one’s income, and one’s relationship with the world.’ (UNESCO) Literacy skills has never been more important...
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...have considered the time available to conduct lessons based on the scheme of work and discovered that there are certain practicalities that need to be overcome in order to present the lesson. I have had to establish whether there is enough time to fulfil the criteria set out; whether there are enough lessons and how many hours in each lesson as well as considering holidays and key dates, such as deadlines and submission dates. Using templates from various awarding bodies I have discovered what content is important when designing the scheme and believe the key areas for contemplation for each column are; the topic, the differentiated learning outcomes including Equality and Diversity and learning and the development of English and maths skills, the active learning activities, assessment, extended learning and resources and an additional column for any reflection or comments I feel I may need to make for evaluative and quality control purposes. Why have you chosen particular learning activities and...
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...begun to move to a culture full of visual images, this transition has even had an impact on literature and has shaped our world into a visual culture. In this paper, the writer will investigate the effects of visual literacy on society. Visual images are observed in many facets of global society. Vast amounts of information today is embedded in forms of media that does not solely rely on linguistics causing the new digital generation to have a need to develop new types of literacy skills. Messages that were once conveyed through literary texts are now communicated through other forms of media that are enhanced or supported by visual images. The emergence of a growing visual culture has led to a steady decline in literary culture and has several underlying effects. Mirzoeff argued (1998) “the visual culture defines and delimits the post-modern present in that the culture that we call postmodernism is best imagined and understood visually, just as the nineteenth century was classically represented in the newspaper and the novel” (p.5). Understanding what is seen versus what is read will likely continue to be an important acquired and needed skill for people of all ages. Several trends are believed to be contributors for the need to attain new literacy skills. In a time of reality television, movies, video gaming, and digital billboards, it is rare that an individual must experience written narrative independently. Often, interpretations of linguistics are accompanied with...
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