Health Literacy
In New Zealand up to 80% Maori men and 75% Maori women have poor health literacy skills. Over 50% of the adult population in New Zealand have difficulties with health literacy (Korero Marama: Health Literacy and Maori, 2010). OECD countries also have similar result as New Zealand. The scale of one (very low skills) to five (very high skills) is used to measure health literacy skills (Work base, 2012).
Everyone should understand about their health and the health services provided. This assignment will cover the definition of health literacy and strategies that will help enhance the clients with low health literacy skills. The knowledge gained will prepare me to deliver quality nursing care. People with tertiary education have …show more content…
By creating a safe environment, where clients feel comfortable and is able to ask questions. Each individual is different, therefore their needs are different. We need to check their level of understanding and knowledge. While preparing health education, we need to consider the use of plain education methods and avoid the use of jargons and acronyms. This allows the clients to understand the key message of the lesson. Layperson language is understood by any member of the public, compared to medical …show more content…
The importance of doing prior assessment of the client before delivering the information, plays a vital role. This allows a better understanding and the teaching session to clients. As a future registered nurse, I will be able to provide quality nursing care to the clients by raising awareness to them by providing the health information.
The team teaching session cleared the picture in my mind on how to prepare the health education session. How the information can be taught in a simple language which can be understood by any person who is keen to learn and listen. Our team arranged a health teaching session on how to care for a child having a fever and this was delivered to new parents aged from 25 – 30 years. This was quiet challenging because we need to understand the parents’ knowledge regarding fever before we could give out information. Everyone has access to internet and emails that provides source for information. Once wrong information sets in our minds it takes time to
In New Zealand up to 80% Maori men and 75% Maori women have poor health literacy skills. Over 50% of the adult population in New Zealand have difficulties with health literacy (Korero Marama: Health Literacy and Maori, 2010). OECD countries also have similar result as New Zealand. The scale of one (very low skills) to five (very high skills) is used to measure health literacy skills (Work base, 2012).
Everyone should understand about their health and the health services provided. This assignment will cover the definition of health literacy and strategies that will help enhance the clients with low health literacy skills. The knowledge gained will prepare me to deliver quality nursing care. People with tertiary education have …show more content…
By creating a safe environment, where clients feel comfortable and is able to ask questions. Each individual is different, therefore their needs are different. We need to check their level of understanding and knowledge. While preparing health education, we need to consider the use of plain education methods and avoid the use of jargons and acronyms. This allows the clients to understand the key message of the lesson. Layperson language is understood by any member of the public, compared to medical …show more content…
The importance of doing prior assessment of the client before delivering the information, plays a vital role. This allows a better understanding and the teaching session to clients. As a future registered nurse, I will be able to provide quality nursing care to the clients by raising awareness to them by providing the health information.
The team teaching session cleared the picture in my mind on how to prepare the health education session. How the information can be taught in a simple language which can be understood by any person who is keen to learn and listen. Our team arranged a health teaching session on how to care for a child having a fever and this was delivered to new parents aged from 25 – 30 years. This was quiet challenging because we need to understand the parents’ knowledge regarding fever before we could give out information. Everyone has access to internet and emails that provides source for information. Once wrong information sets in our minds it takes time to