Health Education

Module #8 Student Activity Sheet

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

You will answer and rationalize this by yourself. This will be recorded as your quiz. 1 point will be given to every correct
answer and another 1 point for correct rationalization.

Multiple Choice

1. People with poor reading skills have difficulty analyzing instructions.

a. True
b. Maybe
c. False
d. Undecided
ANSWER: A
RATIO: People with poor reading skills have difficulty analyzing instructions, assimilating and correlating
new information, and formulating questions.

2. People with poor literacy skills think in very concrete, specific, and literal terms.

a. True
b. Maybe
c. False
d. Undecided
ANSWER: A
RATIO: People with poor literacy skill think in very concrete, specific, and literal terms.

3.They investigated characteristics of persons who had identified themselves as literacy disabled

a. (Giorgianni, 1998).
b. Fleener and Scholl (1992)
c. (Doak et al.,1996)
d. Hussey and Guilliland (1989)
ANSWER: B
RATIO: Fleener and Scholl (1992) investigated the characteristics of persons who had identified
themselves as literacy disabled

4. The Patient’s Bill of Rights requires that patients and their families are provided with information that is understandable.

a. True
b. Maybe
c. False
d. Undecided
ANSWER: A
RATIO: The Joint Commission requires that patients and their families are provided with information that
is understandable.
5. The Patient’s Bill of Rights mandates that patients receive complete and current information in terms they can
understand.

a. True
b. Maybe
c. False
d. Undecided
ANSWER: A
RATIO: The Patient’s Bill of Rights mandates that patients receive complete and current information in
terms they can understand to be able to comprehend it well.

6. Research findings indicate that most PEMs are written at grade levels that far exceed the reading ability of the majority
of patients. PEM stands for:
a. People Envy Memory
b. Printed Education Materials
c. People Education Materials
d. Printed Educcation Methods
ANSWER: B
RATIO: PEM stands for Printed Education Materials.

7. It must be voluntary and based on an understanding of benefits and risks to treatment or procedures. a. PEMS
b. Patient’s Bill of Rights
c. Informed consent
d. Waiver
ANSWER: C
RATIO: Informed consent, as a result of verbal and/or written instructions, must be voluntary and
based on an understanding of benefits and risks to treatment or procedures.

8. According to this author, the impact of literacy is broader than just the inability to read
a. Giorgianni, 1998
b. Fleener and Scholl (1992)
c. Doak et al.,1996
d. Hussey and Guilliland (1989)
ANSWER: A
RATIO: According to Giorgianni 1998 the impact of literacy is broader than just the inability to read

9. Caregivers often overestimate an individual’s ability to understand instructions and are quick to label someone as
uncooperative and noncompliant.

a. True
b. Maybe
c. False
d. Undecided
ANSWER: A
RATIO: Caregivers often overestimate an individual’s ability to understand instructions and are quick to
label someone as uncooperative and noncompliant.

10.The readability level of PEMs is between the 8th and 11th grades.

a. True
b. Maybe
c. False
d. Undecided
ANSWER: C
RATIO: The readability of level of PEMs is between the 10 th and 12th grades.