{"id":4290,"date":"2019-03-01T15:51:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T20:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/?p=4290"},"modified":"2019-03-05T09:54:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T14:54:29","slug":"difference-matters-health-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/2019\/03\/difference-matters-health-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference Matters: Health Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allied Health Sciences Ambassadors, a student leadership initiative from the Department of Allied Health Sciences, hosted its once-a-semester Difference Matters session on a topic concerning health care. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/physical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Division of Physical Therapy<\/a> third-year student Elise Widman facilitated a conversation around health literacy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4291\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 710px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2019\/03\/Elise-Widman-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Elise Widman, a third-year DPT student.\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2019\/03\/Elise-Widman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2019\/03\/Elise-Widman-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2019\/03\/Elise-Widman-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Elise Widman, a third-year DPT student.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Widman said there is often a gap in communication between practitioners and patients when it comes to issues of health literacy. During the presentation, Widman\u00a0raised several questions, including what responsibility is in the hands of the provider when conveying critical health information and how to encourage patients to retain health information. Difference Matters is made possible thanks to DAHS leadership and the Health Sciences Library at UNC-Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allied Health Sciences Ambassadors, a student leadership initiative from the Department of Allied Health Sciences, hosted its once-a-semester Difference Matters session on a topic concerning health care. Division of Physical Therapy third-year student Elise Widman facilitated a conversation around health literacy. 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