1. Making Number Make Sense:
Exploring Strategies to Convey
Quantity, Time, and Risk
Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L
Health Literacy Consulting
www.healthliteracy.com
2. “Mrs. Jones is on a modified diet and must restrict
her intake of both sweet and salted foods. She
takes six different medications, each with its own
dosing schedule. She needs to monitor and record
how she feels each day and notify her providers
when there are significant changes in her health.
She also needs to make and keep numerous
outpatient appointments and prepare for an
ongoing battery of medical tests.”
What numeracy tasks do we expect that Mrs. Jones can,
and will correctly, do?
3. “Mrs. Jones is on a modified diet and must restrict
her intake of both sweet and salted foods. She
takes six different medications, each with its own
dosing schedule. She needs to monitor and record
how she feels each day and notify her providers
when there are significant changes in her health.
She also needs to make and keep numerous
outpatient appointments and prepare for an
ongoing battery of medical tests.”
7. Portions: About the Size of…
1 oz. meat Matchbox
3 oz. meat Deck of cards or soap bar
8 oz. meat Thin paperback book
1 oz. cheese 4 dice
Medium potato Computer mouse
2 Tbs. peanut butter Ping pong ball
½ cup pasta Tennis ball
Average bagel Hockey puck
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_3_2x_Portion_Control.asp
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9. Wong Baker Faces Pain Scale
http://www.painknowledge.org/physiciantools/opioid_toolkit/components/Wong-Baker_Scale.pdf