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Lois Wessel - Health literacy and diabetes self-management
1. Health Literacy and Diabetes Self Management
Lois Wessel, FNP-Associate Director for Programs, ACU
2012 Plain Talk in Complex Times
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2. Objectives
• Provide an overview of health literacy, culture
and language and how they relate to the care of
the patient with diabetes
• Identify strategies to improve patient centered
communication
• Identify appropriate low literacy patient ed
materials
6. FAMILY
Clients Bring… INSURANCE
BELIEFS AND
STATUS
HISTORY
COMMUNITY
VALUES RELIGION AND
SPIRITUALITY
POLITICAL
SITUATION
LANGUAGE HEALTH CARE
ECONOMIC
AND SYSTEM
SITUATION
LITERACY
6
17. Medication Record Form
Name: _________________________ Date:_______________________
Clinic Name: ____________________ Provider ____________________
Health Problems:_________________ Allergies:____________________
Name of Purpose or Dose Time(s) of Form, Special Other
Medication Reason Day Color, and Instruction/
Taken Shape Side
Effects
37. For More Information
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)
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lwessel@clinicians.org
@ACUnderserved
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