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New learner assessment - The Need for Raising Health and Incontinence Literacy

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The latest ICS Education Committee learner assessment is now available. This covers "The Need for Raising Health and Incontinence Literacy."

Filmed at ICS 2018, this assessment covers the Need for Raising Health and Incontinence Literacy. About 40% of the world population has problems with access to, understanding of, and applying information about their health and health care. This is called Health illiteracy and results in high health backlogs. In this workshop we will illuminate on the problems that patients and their caregivers experience in dealing with health illiteracy. We will discuss groups at risk, highlight low incontinence literacy and discuss patient’s interest in use of electronic applications. We will offer tools to help you better recognise such patients and give examples of adjusted patient information materials to ensure better communication and optimal information transferral. We welcome discussion of experiences of delegates internationally

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