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Health Literacy Toolkit

A resource that provides important health

and wellness information impacting your

community.

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Doctor’s Visits 3

Medication 8

Nutrition 12

Recipes 16

Exercise/Activity 18

Diabetes 20

Blood Pressure 24

Sodium 26

Thyroid 28

Smoking 30

Table of Contents

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Health

Literacy

Health Literacy

“The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process

and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate

health decisions.”

(U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, n.d.)

Health literacy is important because it affects people’s

ability to:

• Navigate the healthcare system

• Share personal information with providers

• Engage in self-care and chronic disease management

• Adopt healthy behaviors

• Act on health-related news and announcements

Benefits of Health Literacy:

• Improved communication

• Better treatment adherence

• Improved self-care

• Improved health status

• Improved efficiency

• Cost savings

• Does not necessarily require additional resources

• Better health & treatment outcomes

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What To Ask Your Doctor

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What To Ask Your Doctor

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Improving Your Visits

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Improving Your Visit

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icatio

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Medication Adherence

Medication Adherence Facts:

• Approximately 50% of people with chronic diseases do

not take medications as prescribed.

• 16% of patients fail to fill a new prescription.

• About 50% of patients stop taking a drug after 6

months

• 33%-69% of hospital readmissions are due to non-

adherence

Types of Poor Medication Adherence:

• Intentional: Trying to save money, had side

• effects, felt it wasn’t working, didn’t think it was

necessary, didn’t like taking it

• Unintentional: Forgot, ran out, away from home

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Improving Medication Adherence

Remembering to take your medicine:

• Use of:

Pillboxes

Blister Packs

• Make it a routine

Set alarms

Phone reminder

Medication log

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Medication and Your Hair Did you know that it is a good practice to talk to

your stylist about your medications? Many pre-

scription medications can impact your hairs

health especially when accompanied by certain

styling treatments.

Certain medications can contribute to excess hair

growth, changes in hair color or texture, or

even hair loss.

Your stylist may be able to recommend special

care for your hair based on your specific needs.

What types of medications cause hair loss?

Many different types of medicines are thought to cause hair loss,

including some of the following types of medications:

• Acne medications

• Antibiotics and antifungal medi-

cations

• Antidepressants

• Oral contraceptives

• Anticoagulants (' blood thinners')

• Cholesterol-lowering medications

• Immunosuppressant medications

• Chemotherapy medications

• Anticonvulsants (epilepsy medica-

tions)

• Anti-hypertensives (high blood

pressure medications)

• Hormone replacement therapy -

estrogen or progesterone for

women, androgens

and testosterone for men

• Interferons

• Mood stabilizers

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory

medications ( NSAIDs)

• Parkinson's disease medications

• Steroids

• Thyroid medications

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Medication and Your Hair

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Benefits of Cooking at Home vs. Take Out

• We cook using less calories, so ultimately it’s healthier – AND you

know what’s in your food.

• The cost of cooking at home is much less than if you were to go out

for dinner. A typical meal for 4 can be prepared for less than $30.

Nu

tritio

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Nutrition

Portion Distortion – Since

the 1950’s, portion sizes have

more than doubled according

to the US Department of

Agriculture

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Nutrition

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Key Tips For Improving Your Nutrition:

• Make half of your plate fruits and veggies.

• Make at least half of your grains whole.

• Switch to skim or 1% milk.

• Vary your protein food choices.

Nutrition

Healthy Eating Plate & Healthy Eating Pyramid The Healthy Eating Plate, created by nutrition experts at Harvard School of Pub-lic Health and editors at Harvard Health Publications, was designed to address deficiencies in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s MyPlate. The Healthy Eating Plate provides detailed guidance, in a simple format, to help people make the best eating choices.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s

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Nutrition & Activity

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Recip

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Quick Recipes

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Quick Recipes

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Quick Exercises

www.draxe.com

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Quick Exercises

10 Minute Home Workouts

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Diab

etes

The condition in which the body does not properly process food for

use as energy. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose or sugar,

for our bodies to use for energy. (Center For Disease Control)

Diabetes

Facts About Diabetes: • The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a

hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies.

• When you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use its own insulin as well as it should.

• This causes sugars to build up in your blood. This is why many people refer to diabetes as “sugar.”

• Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations.

• Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.

How prevalent is diabetes among Black People?

• Blacks are 1.7 times as likely to develop diabetes as whites

• The prevalence of diabetes among blacks has quadrupled during the past 30 years

• Among black people age 20 and older, about 2.3 million have diabetes – 10.8% of that age group

• Black people with diabetes are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to develop diabetes and to experience greater disability from diabetes-related complications such as amputations, adult blindness, kidney failure, and increased risk of heart disease and stroke;

• Death rates for blacks with diabetes are 27% higher than for whites.

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Diabetes

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Diabetes

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Diabetes

What are the symptoms of diabetes?

People who think they might have diabetes must visit a physician for

diagnosis. They might have SOME or NONE of the following symptoms:

• Frequent urination

• Excessive thirst

• Unexplained weight loss

• Extreme hunger

• Sudden vision changes

• Tingling or numbness in hands or feet

• Feeling very tired much of the time

• Very dry skin

• Sores that heal slowly

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Blood Pressure B

lo

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Pressu

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Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure & Sodium (Salt)

The American Heart Association recommends no more than 2,300 milligrams

(mgs) a day and an ideal limit of no more than 1,500 mg per day for most adults,

especially for those with high blood pressure. Even cutting back by 1,000 mg a

day can improve blood pressure and heart health.

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Cutting Back on Sodium

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Cutting Back on Sodium

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Thyroid The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in the neck, just above the collarbone.

It is one of the endocrine glands, which make hormones. Thyroid hormones

control the rate of many activities in the body. These include how fast calories

are burned and how fast the heart beats. All of these activities are the body's

metabolism.

Hypothyroidism—Underactive thyroid gland. Hypothyroidism

means that the thyroid gland can’t make enough thyroid hormone

to keep the body running normally.

(National Institute of Health)

Thyroid problems include:

Thyroiditis - caused by an attack on the thyroid, causing

inflammation and damage to the thyroid cells.

• Nervousness

• Irritability

• Increased sweating

• Heart racing

• Hand tremors

Hyperthyroidism - any condition in which there is too much

thyroid hormone produced in the body.

• Feeling colder

• Tire more easily

• Skin is getting drier

• Anxiety

• Difficulty sleeping

• Thinning of your skin

• Fine brittle hair and weakness

in your muscles—especially in

the upper arms and thighs

• You’re becoming forget-

ful and depressed

• You’ve started getting

constipated

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Thyroid

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How To Quit Smoking S

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Quitlines

For support in quitting call:

1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) - 1-855-DÉJELO-YA (1-855-335-3569)

(Center For Disease Control and Prevention)

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How To Quit Smoking

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How To Quit Smoking

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How To Quit Smoking

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Mental Health Triage Tool

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When to go to the Emergency Room

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716-835-9358

www.erieniagaraahec.org


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