Health literacy is not just the ability to read but to understand and apply what is instructed. The associated problem of health literacy goes beyond implementing a health education outreach program. Knowing the background of the target population is significantly important before implementing any outreach program. In the area of cardiovascular health, public health outreach programs require an aggressive intervention to address the social determinant of health in the United States (US). In where, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading killer of Americans requiring the ability to understand the impact of health literacy on the population health (American Heart Association as cited in McKee et al., 2011). Cardiovascular disease
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American Sign Language is a visual language that DHOH Americans comprehend. Secondly, questionaries’ type of outreach is not preferable when conducting research on the DHOH population. As questionnaires often suggest literacy challenges due to the DHOH shallow ability to grab hold of the language content and reading materials (Jurberg, Verjovsky, Machado, Maia, & Rumjanek, 2013). A study on DHOH culture awareness and competent care states, “that it was clear… deaf people that responded to the questionnaires had little notion …As noted, the deaf community has only rudimentary knowledge… They also have limited access to …education programs” that increases the challenge in adopting appropriate research materials and outreaches events (Jurberg et al., 2013, p. XXX). A publication on DHOH cultural awareness and competent offers resolutions to suggest, “health information…has no relevant attribute since English is a secondary language for most (DHOH). Therefore, handout and brochures provided to the DHOH patients …. without practical demonstration have no behavioral consequence…deaf patient requires more time and effort…” (Barnett, McKee, Smith, & Pearson, 2011, p???). The best form of protocol and materials procedure, which will not be necessary for the Muslim breast cancer outreach, is animated film …show more content…
It is critical for health outreach programs to be able to adjust accordingly to the target population and their health literacy level. As the major problems with health outreach programs are the assumption that all programs fit all population and not taken into consideration the need to adjust the program to obtain the best possible health outcomes. Therefore, the difference in health literacy levels may suggest major to minor modification depending on the background of the population. For one, conducting an assessment on the health level, culture awareness, and possible competent care issues needs analyzing before actually conducting the outreach on the target population. Regardless, early detection is the key to preventing any form of cancer. Likewise, it is important that the materials received from one community of people are carefully assessed and modified to fit not only the health literacy level but address culture awareness preferences. As most pre-assessments will save time and money to ensure they are at risk of colorectal or breast cancer in getting the best possible result (Soriano,
American Sign Language is a visual language that DHOH Americans comprehend. Secondly, questionaries’ type of outreach is not preferable when conducting research on the DHOH population. As questionnaires often suggest literacy challenges due to the DHOH shallow ability to grab hold of the language content and reading materials (Jurberg, Verjovsky, Machado, Maia, & Rumjanek, 2013). A study on DHOH culture awareness and competent care states, “that it was clear… deaf people that responded to the questionnaires had little notion …As noted, the deaf community has only rudimentary knowledge… They also have limited access to …education programs” that increases the challenge in adopting appropriate research materials and outreaches events (Jurberg et al., 2013, p. XXX). A publication on DHOH cultural awareness and competent offers resolutions to suggest, “health information…has no relevant attribute since English is a secondary language for most (DHOH). Therefore, handout and brochures provided to the DHOH patients …. without practical demonstration have no behavioral consequence…deaf patient requires more time and effort…” (Barnett, McKee, Smith, & Pearson, 2011, p???). The best form of protocol and materials procedure, which will not be necessary for the Muslim breast cancer outreach, is animated film …show more content…
It is critical for health outreach programs to be able to adjust accordingly to the target population and their health literacy level. As the major problems with health outreach programs are the assumption that all programs fit all population and not taken into consideration the need to adjust the program to obtain the best possible health outcomes. Therefore, the difference in health literacy levels may suggest major to minor modification depending on the background of the population. For one, conducting an assessment on the health level, culture awareness, and possible competent care issues needs analyzing before actually conducting the outreach on the target population. Regardless, early detection is the key to preventing any form of cancer. Likewise, it is important that the materials received from one community of people are carefully assessed and modified to fit not only the health literacy level but address culture awareness preferences. As most pre-assessments will save time and money to ensure they are at risk of colorectal or breast cancer in getting the best possible result (Soriano,