CCHP FINAL EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM 300

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CCHP FINAL EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM 300

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

(VERIFIED ANSWERS ) |ALREADY GRADED A+

Explain why it is difficult for people to know if they have a specific chronic medical condition, based on information in a one-page article about the medical condition. - ANSWER- Basic health literacy

Most health tasks classifed as BLANK required adults to interpret or apply information that was presented in complex graphs, tables, or other health-related texts or documents. - ANSWER- Intermediate

Most health tasks that classifed as BLANK required drawing abstract inferences, comparing or contrasting multiple pieces of information within complex texts or documents, or applying abstract or complicated information from texts or documents. - ANSWER- Proficient

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one piece of information-the date-on a medical appointment slip that was shorter and simpler than the text in the Basic task - ANSWER- Below basic HL

What was the makeup of household to prison on the NAAL? - ANSWER- 18,000 household adults

1,200 Prison inmates

How was the NAAL administered? - ANSWER- A computer assisted personal interviewing one-on-one

Were respondents on the NAAL allowed to use aids such as eyeglasses, rulers, and calculators? - ANSWER- YES

If an adult could not communicate in English or Spanish, or had a mental disabilitu could they participate in the NAAL? - ANSWER- NO-thye were not included in the NAAL reports

Based upon their performance on 7 easy screening tasks at the beginning of the literacy assessment Blank percent were reruted to BLANK

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Are there results included in NAAL? - ANSWER- 3%, an alternative assessment (Adult LIteracy Supplemental Assessment

YES they their results are included

What is health numeracy? - ANSWER- The ability to understand numbers, and put them in context- blood pressure, BMI, copays, Twice a day, etc.

Has a study like the NAAL been completed since 2003? What year, or why not? - ANSWER- No-it was super time intensive, because it was a direct measurement, rather then just surveying them.

According the NAAL (2003_ the majority of adults has BLANK health literacy level - ANSWER- Intermediate health literacy level

• ANSWER- Demonstrates that 90% of Americans lack the

health literacy levels necessary to understand primary prevention strategies

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White and BLANK had higher average adult literacy than other minorites - ANSWER- Asian/Pacific Islander

Health Literacy who is at risk? - ANSWER- Older adults Racial and ethnic minorities People with less than a HS degree or GED People in low income levels Non-native speakers of English People with compromised health status

Low health literacy was consistently associated with... - ANSWER- more hospitalizations; greater use of emergency care; lower receipt of mammography screening and influenza vaccine

Which Healthy People 2020 Objective on Health Literacy is focused on health Educators? What was the % baseline and what is the target? - ANSWER- Objective-increase proportion of persons who report that their health care provider gave them easy to understand instructions about what to do to take care of their illness or health condition

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