AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Health literacy is the ability to get, process, understand and apply health information and services in order to make appropriate health decisions. It involves the application of a wide range of skills, including reading, listening, numeracy, analytical, and decision-making skills, to health situations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Personal health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

Detailed explanation-3: -Health literacy implies the achievement of a level of knowledge, personal skills and confidence to take action to improve personal and community health by changing personal lifestyles and living conditions. Thus, health literacy means more than being able to read pamphlets and make appointments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Specifically, eHealth literacy is defined as the ability to seek, find, understand, and appraise health information from electronic sources and apply the knowledge gained to addressing or solving a health problem.

Detailed explanation-5: -Patients do not understand their disease conditions, plan of care at the hospital and after discharge. This leads to an increase in adverse events following discharge. Patients’ understanding of their plan of care affects their ability to assume self-care after discharge.