Health Literacy ∼ Page 2 ∼ BC Becky

Relational and activity based identities

Tue May 8, 2018

I’m currently reading Teaching, Learning, Literacy in Our High-Risk High-Tech World: A Framework for Becoming Human by James Paul Gee (2017). In it, he talks about [...]

Self-awareness as health literacy

Fri February 9, 2018

Health Literacy

I was walking with my friend Lori today and among the many things we chatted about, one of them was health literacy - the topic for my PhD dissertation.…

What I wish I knew sooner about prescription meds #patienthealthliteracy

Mon January 22, 2018

Health Literacy

I have been living in the US for almost 4 years, and am just now learning something about how to reduce some of my crazy medication costs. When I ran…

breast cancer bootcamp

Sat November 4, 2017

Health Literacy

At the BCC annual conference yesterday, one of the speakers, Dr. David Spiegel, mentioned that patients have much less anxiety if they take time at the [...]

Critical health literacy, statistics, and treatment decisions

Thu November 2, 2017

Health Literacy

I was asked to choose between ACT chemotherapy and TC chemotherapy. Both were shown to be as effective, so the decision was mine. In making [...]