MCQ Module 3: Lecture 5. Health literacy in Europe

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1. Limited health literacy is associated with:
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A. Higher mortality rates

B. Lower levels of health knowledge

C. Greater use of inpatient and emergency department care

D. Poor medicine adherence

E. B. and D

F. All of the above

2. You can tell how health literate a person is by knowing what grade he or she completed in school. *

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A. True

B. False

3. Which of the following skills are considered to be components of health literacy? *

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A. Ability to understand and use numbers

B. Reading skills

C. Speaking skills

D. Ability to understand what is said

E. Writing skills

F. All of the above

4. Being anxious affects a person’s ability to absorb, recall and use health information effectively. *

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A. True

B. False

5. What is the average reading level of U.S children? *

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A. 4th-5th grade

B. 6th-7th grade

C. 8th-9th grade

D. 10th-11th grade

E. 12th grade

6. What is the grade level at which health-related information (like a diabetes brochure) is typically written? *

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A. 4th-5th grade

B. 6th-7th grade

C. 8th-9th grade

D. 10th grade or higher

E. 11th grade of higher

F. 12th grade or higher

G. College level

7. What is the best reading level for written materials used with patients? *

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A. 3rd-4th grade

B. 5th-6th grade

C. 7th-8th grade

D. 9th-10th grade

E. 11th-12th grade

8a. To use good health literacy practices, staff and clinicians should use which of the following words/phrases when talking to or writing instructions for a patient or family member?
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A. Bad

B. Adverse

8b. To use good health literacy practices, staff and clinicians should use which of the following words/phrases when talking to or writing instructions for a patient or family member?
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A. Hypertension

B. High blood pressure

8c. To use good health literacy practices, staff and clinicians should use which of the following words/phrases when talking to or writing instructions for a patient or family member?
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A. Blood glucose

B. Blood sugar

8d. To use good health literacy practices, staff and clinicians should use which of the following words/phrases when talking to or writing instructions for a patient or family member?
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A. You have the flu

B. Your flu test was positive

8e. To use good health literacy practices, staff and clinicians should use which of the following words/phrases when talking to or writing instructions for a patient or family member?
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A. The cardiologyst is Dr. Brown

B. The heart doctor is Dr. Brown

8f. To use good health literacy practices, staff and clinicians should use which of the following words/phrases when talking to or writing instructions for a patient or family member?
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A. Your appointment is at 11am. Check in 20 minutes early.

B. Arrive at 10.40am to check in.

9. Is it a good health literacy practice to assume that each patient you communicate with has limited health literacy. *

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A. True

B. False

10. What strategies could all of us adopt to minimise the barriers and misunderstanding for patients? *

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