1) The document discusses the importance of health literacy and how visuals can help communicate healthcare information. It defines health literacy as the ability to understand and act on health information. 2) Poor health literacy is common due to factors like age, disability, language barriers, and learning challenges. Visual aids like diagrams, illustrations, and interactive materials can help all types of learners understand important healthcare instructions and recommendations. 3) The document recommends that health professionals learn to create simple visual explanations and confirm that patients understand the information. Using visuals to tell the healthcare story is important for educating people about their health.

1. PSV 712: Art & Visual Studies
Interpretation of Visual Art
By:
Nor Syamimi binti Samsudin
2012359041
ED772 2A1
Prepared for:
Dr. Harrinni Md Noor

2. Interpretation
the action of explaining the meaning of something
-Oxford Dictionary
Art Appreciation
Art Criticism
is studying, understanding
and judging works of art
DBAE
(language of art)
4 steps
1. Description
2. Analyse
3. Interpretation
4. Judgement
Social Context
is focusing more on enjoying and admire
the aspect of the art
through artwork such as:
painting, scuplture, craft etc
(Art Talk & Becoming An Art Teacher, Bates, 2000)
Concept
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3. Health Literacy: How Visuals Can Help Tell the Healthcare Story
by:
HELEN OSBORNE
Health Literacy Consulting, MA, USA
Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine, March 2006; Vol.29, No. 1, pp. 28-32
What is Health Literacy?
Why does Health Literacy Matter?
Why people have trouble understanding health information?
How people learn
How visuals can help tell the healthcare story
Recommendation & Conclusion
References
Journal: An Overview
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4. Journal: An Overview
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5. Health Literacy
Health literacy is often defined as the degree to which individuals have
the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information
and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
(http://www.healthpeople.gov.)
Health literacy is the ability to read, understand and act on health information.
((American Medical Association Foundation, 2003)
What is Health Literacy
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6. Doctor
Patients
shared responsibility on communicating health information
(Osborne, 2006)
What is Health Literacy
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7. Health Literacy Matter
-communication between doctor, patients and family members
clearly
simply
Why?
everybody need to understand health information
so they can, or are willing to, follow it.
Patients had to make significant lifestyle changes, doctor's dietary,
exercise recommendations, take medications correctly,
recognize side effects and follow public safety advice
Why does Health Literacy matter?
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8. Literacy
Age
Disability
Learning Challenges in interpreting health information
Language
Culture
Why people have trouble understanding health information
Emotion
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9. Mixed Learners : who learn from a combination of methods. Their
learning needs and preferences
may change depending on the subjectand situation.
(Materna, 2007)
How people learn
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10. How visuals can help tell the healthcare story
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11. how to access and
pay for treatment
follow medical
instructions
essential information
the important of
Healthcare story
know what to do
when they occur
recognize emergencies
wrong interpretation
This can truly be a matter of life and death
How visuals can help tell the healthcare story
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12. Reality
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13. VISUAL CAN HELP
Forms and other
interactive documents
Layout and design
Maps, genograms
and other diagrams
Pictographs and cartoons
Pain scales and
other visual tools
How visuals can help tell the healthcare story
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Visual Art

14. VISUAL CAN HELP
Layout and design
How visuals can help tell the healthcare story
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Visual Art

15. VISUAL CAN HELP
Pictographs and cartoons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdP3zBaDCv0
How visuals can help tell the healthcare story
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Visual Art

16. VISUAL CAN HELP
Pain scales and
other visual tools
How visuals can help tell the healthcare story
Interpretation of
Visual Art

17. VISUAL CAN HELP
Maps, genograms
and other diagrams
Forms and other
interactive documents
How visuals can help tell the healthcare story
Interpretation of
Visual Art

18. How we can help tell the healthcare story
1. Teach health professionals how to draw simple sketches
2. Create handouts for health professionals to draw on.
3. Collaborate on projects
4. Recommend good places to get clip art.
No matter how well presented material is or excellent the content
it is, the job is not complete until patients and family members confirm
that they understand.
Interpretation of visual through healthcare story is very important
in educating people about how they can understand the health information
Recommendation & Conclusion
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19. 1. Osborne H. Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message. Jones &
Bartlett
Publishers, Sudbury: MA, 2005. Reprinted with permission of Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
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33. American Medical Association Foundation. Health Literacy: Help Your Patients Understand. CME
program, 2003.
44. National Assessment of Adult Literacy: A First Look at the Literacy of America’s Adults in the 21st
Century. 2006.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NCES 2006–470.
55. International Adult Literacy Survey. http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/all. Accessed January 2006
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spoken medical
instructions. Patient Education and Counseling 1998; 35: 83–88.
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special thanks to:
Dr. Munirah Mohd Puad , Dr. Norhashimah
Charlotte Crabtree, Russell William, Gemma Forde
Dr. Suzaida Abd Wahab , Nor Syaza Samsudin
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