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The document discusses health literacy and concepts. It notes that literacy involves learning to read and write, while functional literacy refers to the skills needed to participate in specific activities. Functional health literacy is the ability to understand, interpret, and apply health-related written information. The author argues that health literacy and concepts are important for both personal and academic life. They gained valuable knowledge about aspects of health like psychological, physical, and social health through their course and webinar. The practical implications can help people with health problems recover as the author realized issues like psychological and social health problems are common.

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The document discusses health literacy and concepts. It notes that literacy involves learning to read and write, while functional literacy refers to the skills needed to participate in specific activities. Functional health literacy is the ability to understand, interpret, and apply health-related written information. The author argues that health literacy and concepts are important for both personal and academic life. They gained valuable knowledge about aspects of health like psychological, physical, and social health through their course and webinar. The practical implications can help people with health problems recover as the author realized issues like psychological and social health problems are common.

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HEALTH EDUCATION

“Health Literacy & Health Concepts”


- Joshua Jaime P. Nario, MA, RN, CLDP

Reflection:
- Literacy is a phenomenon that occurs as a result of the process of learning to
read and write; it is the status or condition that an individual or a social group
acquires after appropriating writing and its social practices. Functional literacy,
on the other hand, is defined by the reading and writing skills and knowledge
that enable the individual to participate in the specific activities of the area that
requires this participation (Soares, 2006). Functional Health Literacy (FHL) is
the cognitive capacity to understand, interpret, and apply written information in
the field of health. Health Literacy and Concept, in my opinion, is essential in
both a student's personal and academic life. The knowledge I have gained
throughout the course and webinar is extremely valuable, encompassing all
aspects of health such as psychological, physical, and social health, which
are all equally important. The course's practical implications in my mind can
be deemed very fruitful because I was able to realize that there are many
people around me, even on the same or other campus, who suffer from these
types of psychological and societal health problems and that there are ways
to help them recover.

Discuss how health education is an important tool in health promotion?


- Health education is the most important and, at the same time, an essential
component of complementary health promotion. Patients receive assistance
in coping with health problems as a result of transferred knowledge, shaping
attitudes, and the acquisition of certain skills, which improves their well-being,
satisfaction, and recovery process. Education improves health by increasing
effective agency, enhancing a sense of personal control, and encouraging
and enabling a healthy lifestyle. Patient education has advantages in both the
clinical and social fields, so it is regarded as an essential component of high-
quality healthcare. The importance of health education has also been
recognized as one of the main factors that determine long-term health policy,
which may be reflected indirectly in the reduction of healthcare costs. A
modern health education's main task is to support the creation of conditions
for change, the growth competence of individuals and groups in the sphere of
independent action for health at various levels of social life organization.

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