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Week 9 Mind Map - Coggle Diagram
Week 9 Mind Map
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Health Literacy from A-Z
Ch. 20:
Behavioral health focuses on mental health, resilience, and substance use disorders. The chapter specifically highlighted communications role in reducing stigma and improving overall understanding. Especially in our world's opioid crisis, it is important to recognize misleading marketing of OxyContin and possible misconceptions about drugs.
The opioid crisis began in the lake 1900s with OxyContin as it was falsely marketed as being less addictive than it really was.
The language used when relating to addiction matters significantly. For example a person should be described as "in recovery" rather than "clean".
Question: How can health providers and the media in general better educate the public to prevent similar prescription drug crises in the future? Should it fall on the doctor to educate? Is it the labelers fault? Who should take the initiative?
Ch. 23:
This focuses on the concept of elderspeak. Elderspeak is a form of language used when talking to older adults that is simplified and exaggerated.
Elderspeak is similar to to the term baby talk includes things like slower speech includes features like slower speech and an exaggerated tone.
Consistent exposure to elderspeak leads to negative effects, like cognitive decline, social isolation, and resistance to care.
Question: How can caregivers be trained to recognize and avoid using elderspeak when communicating with older adults? Are elders able to recognize this speech, if so how does it affect them mentally?
Ch. 24:
This explains how to communicate with and accommodate people who have vision loss. It emphasized requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and provided practical communication strategies. This is all important to promote respect, inclusion, and independence for individuals with visual impairments.
Health care facilities are required by the ADA to provide accessible information like large print, braille, and audiotapes. These are important for patients who are blind or have low vision.
One big tip is to verbally introduce yourself and others in the room to the patient as it helps those with vision loss stay oriented and comfortable in the conversation and environment.
Question: What staff training programs exist in healthcare settings to ensure employees consistently provide appropriate communication and assistance to patients with vision impairments?
Patient Centered Care and Older Adults: Emotion, Cognition, and Vision
Communication strategies are discussed for healthcare professionals when working with patients especially those with emotional distress, cognitive challenges, or age-related visual impairments. It emphasized the importance of privacy, empathy, clear communication, and patient-centered approaches to enhance understanding and trust
Question: How specifically should providers integrate these specific techniques into daily patient interactions? Should it be included in teach back method?
Patients oftentimes retain only about half of what is said during conversations including emotions, so healthcare providers emphasize key information. Providers could also provide written summaries or memory aids to reinforce patient understanding.
Patient comprehension and memory can be improved by usage of metaphors, information chunking into smaller pieces, and connections to familiar concepts of the patient.