Health Information Patient Handout ON RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE THAT OBESITY AND DIABETES PRESENT TO MIDDLE AGE MEN&WOMEN

Health Information Patient Handout ON RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE THAT OBESITY AND DIABETES PRESENT TO MIDDLE AGE MEN&WOMEN Order Description One of the pivotal goals of consumer health literacy efforts is to design educational materials that attract as well as educate users. In this Assignment, you design a health in" rel="nofollow">information document on a topic that is of in" rel="nofollow">interest to you. To prepare: Select a health issue of in" rel="nofollow">interest to you. Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue. Search the Internet to fin" rel="nofollow">ind credible sites contain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information about your selected topic. Review the two health literacy websites listed in" rel="nofollow">in this week’s Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources. Focus on strategies for presentin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information. To complete: Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected. Include a cover page. Include an in" rel="nofollow">introduction that provides: An explanation of your issue and why you selected it A description of the audience you are addressin" rel="nofollow">ing In the handout itself: Develop your handout in" rel="nofollow">in such a way that it attracts the attention of the in" rel="nofollow">intended audience. Include a description of the health issue and additional content that will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and defin" rel="nofollow">initions, graphics, illustrations, etc.). Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and reliable in" rel="nofollow">information on the topic. Required Readin" rel="nofollow">ings McGonigle, D., & Mastrian, K. G. (2015). Nursin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">informatics and the foundation of knowledge (3rd ed.). Burlin" rel="nofollow">ington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing. Chapter 17, “Supportin" rel="nofollow">ing Consumer Information and Education Needs” This chapter explores health literacy and e-health. The chapter examin" rel="nofollow">ines a multitude of technology-based approaches to consumer health education. Chapter 18, “Usin" rel="nofollow">ing Informatics to Promote Community/Population Health” In this chapter, the authors supply an overview of community and population health in" rel="nofollow">informatics. The authors explore a variety of in" rel="nofollow">informatics tools used to promote community and population health. Chapter 16, “Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety and Clin" rel="nofollow">inical Outcomes” The authors of this chapter present strategies for developin" rel="nofollow">ing a culture of safety usin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">informatics tools. In addition, the chapter analyzes how human factors contribute to errors. Health literacy: How do your patients rate? (2011). Urology Times, 39(9), 32. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. The authors of this article defin" rel="nofollow">ine health literacy and emphasize its poor rates in" rel="nofollow">in the United States. Additionally, the authors recommend numerous websites that offer patient education materials. Huff, C. (2011). Does your patient really understand? H&HN, 85(10), 34. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. This article defin" rel="nofollow">ines hospital literacy and highlights the barriers that prevent it from in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ing. It also emphasizes the difficulties created by language and fin" rel="nofollow">inancial costs. The Harvard School of Public Health. (2010). Health literacy studies. Retrieved from https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy This website provides in" rel="nofollow">information and resources related to health literacy. The site details the field of health literacy and also in" rel="nofollow">includes research fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings, policy reports and in" rel="nofollow">initiatives, and practice strategies and tools. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (n.d.). Health literacy onlin" rel="nofollow">ine. Retrieved June 19, 2012, from https://www.health.gov/healthliteracyonlin" rel="nofollow">ine/ This webpage supplies a guide to writin" rel="nofollow">ing and designin" rel="nofollow">ing health websites aimed at in" rel="nofollow">increasin" rel="nofollow">ing health literacy. The guide presents six strategies that should be used when developin" rel="nofollow">ing health websites. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.a). Quick guide to health literacy. Retrieved June 19, 2012, from https://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/quickguide/Quickguide.pdf This article contain" rel="nofollow">ins an overview of key health literacy concepts and techniques for improvin" rel="nofollow">ing health literacy. The article also in" rel="nofollow">includes examples of health literacy best practices and suggestions for improvin" rel="nofollow">ing health literacy.