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To increase mutual understanding and health literacy, it is recommended that you:

In your OWN WORDS, how would YOU define Health Literacy (1 pt.).  What are two ways that low health literacy can affect a patient’s dental health/care etc. (2 pts)  Discuss 2 ways that you could increase a patient’s health literacy level (2 pts)

The ‘do little more’ strategy refers to asking your patient to make slight changes toward an ultimate or ideal goal. An example of this strategy would be to ask a patient to floss 3x / week instead of everyday.

Children living in poverty face all of the following challenges in education, except:

Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 styles of communication discussed in the learning materials?

The Transtheoretical Model is a staged theory that measures a patient’s readiness to change a health behavior.  Select all that apply to the Transtheoretical Model: 

Which of the following statements about culture are true? (Choose all that apply):

Which of the following (choose all that apply) demonstrate active listening:

“Those types of patients never keep their appointments.” This statement exhibits a _______ level of cultural competency and demonstrates a behavior known as _____________.

The Health Belief Model is based on the principle that the more knowledge a patient has, the more likely they are to make good decisions.  This model describes that behavior change will happen if the patient believes that they are susceptible to a condition, that this condition is serious, that there are effective interventions for the condition, and that s/he believes that they are able to overcome any barriers to implementing the intervention.