Bell Ringer

1. Pick up the half sheet of paper from the front table.

2. Answer the two questions using the information that you took notes on last class.a. Answer the questions without using your notes from last class.

b. Please make sure that when you define total health it is a definition that you create and not the one that I gave you in class.

Health Literacy

Objectives

• Content Objective: The students will be able to self-assess where their health falls on the wellness continuum through the use of guided questions on a worksheet.

• Language Objective: Given three definitions, students will be able to distinguish the definition of literate that would best be used to define literate in the term ‘health literate.’

Total Health Review

• What are the three components of the health triad? Can you give one example for each?

• Talk to a partner: What do you need to achieve total health?• What behaviors influence your health?

What is the Wellness Continuum in your Opinion?

• What does the word continuum mean? What other continuums do you know?

• How did we say wellness is different from health?• What do you think the wellness continuum will range from?

• Do you think it is possible to change your position on the wellness continuum?

Wellness Continuum

• Definition: Shows the range in quality of life from optimal wellness to premature death.

• Optimal Wellness: Means that a person is living at a very high level of health status with few, if any, risk factors.• Optimal wellness is

something you can work towards because you are ultimately responsible for your health.

Wellness

Continuum

Wellness is a process, never a static state.Being health literate will help you achieve or move toward optimal wellness on the continuum.

Complete the worksheet, “how healthy are you?”

• Please assess your health honestly• The ability to self-assess is an essential life skill

• We will use this worksheet later in the class.

Think About• How did we define health?

• Definition: The quality of life that includes physical, mental-emotional and family-social health.

• What do you think the definition of literacy is?

• Definition: 3 in dictionary

• 1. The quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read or write.

• 2. Possession of education

• 3. A persons knowledge of a particular subject or field

Which definition do you think we are referring to in order to define health literacy?

Given our Definitions of Health and Literacy…

• Define Health Literacy• Definition (according to the CDC): The degree to which an

individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions.

Column Work

• In your column, on one sheet of paper

• Take turns writing down a reason it is important to be health literate.• Which group can come up with the most reputable reasons in two

minutes?

Health Literacy Importance

Health Literacy Skills• Find information and services

• Communicate your needs and preferences in terms of health services and info

• Process the meaning and usefulness of the information and services

• Decide what information and services match your needs

Provide Health Info to Others• Help people find information and

services

• Communicate about health and healthcare

• Understand how to provide useful info and series

• Decide what info and services work best to help others in various situations

National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy

• Provides everyone with access to accurate and actionable health information• How can you access accurate health information

• Online: cdc.gov, health.gov, fda.gov, nih.gov - Need to be able to access the information that you read online for accuracy. Look for .gov sites when possible.

• Doctors, Textbooks, Healthcare Professionals

• Delivers person-centered health information and services• Who delivers person-centered information and how?

• Mainly doctors, healthcare professionals

• Supports lifelong learning and skills to promote good health• Who provides lifelong learning?

• Teachers (why we have health in school) and you

How can YOU become Health Literate?

• Express your health knowledge, beliefs and ideas• Can do this through – sharing workouts, ways to exercise,

teaching others athletics, debating with others in regards to health topics while using accurate information to defend your position.

• Self-Directed Learning• Can do this by - Personally gather information by reading

magazines, newspapers, watching videos, accurate websites

How can YOU become Health Literate?

• Critical Thinking• Can do this by – Making

responsible decisions, evaluating the facts

• Responsible Citizenship• Can do this by – Behaving in

ways to improve home, community and school, advocate for health

• Taking care of your environment

Assignment

• Identify one statement from the “how healthy are you” worksheet that you can improve in order to move closer to optimal health on the wellness scale.

• Using what we discussed with health literacy, list three steps you can take to achieve improvement in the statement that you chose to work on.

Assignment Example

• Area to Improve: I recycle

• Health Literacy Steps for Improvement• 1. Identify recycle centers in my area – one place to start is

through the app irecycle

• 2. Create an organization system of bins for separating products that can be recycled in my home.

• 3. Advocate to members of my community the importance of recycling. One way I can promote recycling in my community is to provide recycling bins for everyone to use