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DE1034: The Importance of Patient-Centered and Strength-Based Language to Support the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model
Learning Description: An introduction to health literacy and inclusive communication's contribution to achieving health equity. This presentation focuses on emphasizing the importance of using strength-based and patient-centered language in healthcare settings in order to empower and encourage patients. Examples of and ways to rephrase non- patient-centered and strength-based language are provided.
Use the below links to find the presentation to answer the post course questions:
https://www.ihs.gov/doh/documents/Patient_Centered_Strength_Based_Language_Presentation.pdf
https://www.ihs.gov/doh/index.cfm?fuseaction=smile.display
Three learning objectives:
• Define health literacy and inclusive communication.
• Discuss how health literacy and inclusive communication contribute to health equity.
• Provide examples of dehumanizing language and how to rephrase these statements
to be patient-centered and strength-based.
Nathan Mork — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at nathan.mork@ihs.gov.
The speaker has no conflicts of interest to report.
It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.
None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.
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