I have a bit of a problem with the transferall of the concept literacy
beyond the two domains of book literacy and computer literacy which are
related in terms of both being media.
Health literacy just does not compute, it is a metaphor too far and foreign.
Surely there is a better term, such as competence, autonomy, or praxis?
Larry
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> Subject: health literacy - what do you think?
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> Dear All
>
> I'm doing some research into health literacy in community health settings
- thought this
> would be
> a good forum to hear a range of views, especially from disabled people who
have been on
> the
> receiving end of health assessments and interventions. The overall goal of
the project is to
> improve communication between professionals and service users, but seeing
it as
> professionals'
> responsibility to ask the right sort of questions and develop their own
communication
> strategies. Responses to any of these questions would be very helpful:
>
> I've come across lots of definitions of health literacy - what (if
anything) does this term
> mean to
> you?
>
> What knowledge/experience do you have of health workers making an effort
to find out
> something about the skills/understandings/communication style of disabled
people they
> work
> with?
>
> Some definitions of health literacy include skills in critical thinking
about health, collective
> organising, addressing health inequalities. Have you found that health
workers are
> interested in
> these sort of competencies? Should they be?
>
> Any further thoughts you have on these issues would be gratefully
received. Feel free to
> forward
> this message to other forums where you think people might be interested
(please let me
> know
> where, so I can follow up on responses!)
>
> Many thanks
>
> Deborah
>
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