Chapter

Understanding your Health Care Choices

From HE A LTH EDUC A TION H E A L T H 1 0 0 V E R S I O N 3 by Sambif

Concepts

  1. Health Literacy

    "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines health literacy as \"The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and service

  2. Health Impact

    "According to the American Medical Association, poor health literacy is \"a stronger predictor of a person's health than age, income, employment status, education level, and race.\" In Health Literacy

  3. Self Care

    "Health promotion involves education, policy, and support that helps us to make health choices and promote positive behavior and self-care. Self-care and health promotion include health prevention pra

  4. Health News

    "When reading health news, do not automatically believe the headline. Headlines may leave out important information and are often written to draw readers into buying the paper and reading the story. A

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