Health Literacy & Language Access Flashcards
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A patient with limited health literacy is given a discharge instruction sheet written at a 12th-grade reading level. What is the most appropriate action?
Answer: Rewrite the instructions at a 6th-grade reading level or below
Patient education materials should be written at a 6th-grade reading level or below to be accessible to most adults.
Which tool is specifically designed to assess a patient's functional health literacy in a clinical setting?
Answer: REALM (Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine)
The REALM is a validated tool that quickly assesses a patient's ability to read and pronounce common medical words.
A care manager is working with a patient who speaks limited English. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, federally funded programs must provide:
Answer: Meaningful language access to individuals with limited English proficiency
Title VI requires that recipients of federal funding provide meaningful access to programs and activities for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP).
When using the 'teach-back' method, the care manager asks a patient to demonstrate understanding by having them:
Answer: Explain the information back in their own words
Teach-back asks patients to repeat information in their own words to confirm comprehension, not recall.
Which of the following best describes 'health numeracy' as a component of health literacy?
Answer: The ability to understand and use quantitative health information
Health numeracy is the capacity to understand and act on numerical health information such as dosing schedules, lab values, and risk statistics.
A Spanish-speaking patient refuses to use the hospital's telephone interpreter and insists that their adult child interpret during a medical visit. What is the care manager's best response?
Answer: Document the patient's preference and proceed with the adult child as interpreter after explaining limitations
While professional interpreters are preferred, patients have the right to use a chosen interpreter after being informed of available professional services and limitations.
Which communication strategy is most effective for patients with very low health literacy?
Answer: Using plain language, simple visuals, and limiting information to 2-3 key points
Plain language, visual aids, and limiting key messages to 2-3 points per visit reduces cognitive overload for patients with low health literacy.