Stan
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Yeah, yeah. You know, it's interesting, even for people who are highly educated or professional or, I mean, when you're dealt with, something like COVID, it puts us in a high stress situation. And again, that affects our ability to interpret communications properly. And it became problematic because the professionals
quickly and efficiently and effectively needed to understand it in order to communicate to their patients. So it put us in a little bit of a quandary there for a while, but it certainly is an indication of why we all need to put up the balance a little bit on health literacy for all of us so that we're not as stressed out when we're faced with those types of things.
quickly and efficiently and effectively needed to understand it in order to communicate to their patients. So it put us in a little bit of a quandary there for a while, but it certainly is an indication of why we all need to put up the balance a little bit on health literacy for all of us so that we're not as stressed out when we're faced with those types of things.
You know, one of the things that we talked about in a previous show was this whole issue of trust. And it seems to me, and maybe you can reflect on this a little bit, you know, that if you have a trusted relationship with your primary care provider, that almost by itself embraces being more health conscious.
You know, one of the things that we talked about in a previous show was this whole issue of trust. And it seems to me, and maybe you can reflect on this a little bit, you know, that if you have a trusted relationship with your primary care provider, that almost by itself embraces being more health conscious.
literate because you have a sense of communicating better or you aren't as nervous, for instance, communicating. The reason I bring that up is in this day and age, especially when people are constantly changing health plans, for instance, and they're forced to change providers, for instance,
literate because you have a sense of communicating better or you aren't as nervous, for instance, communicating. The reason I bring that up is in this day and age, especially when people are constantly changing health plans, for instance, and they're forced to change providers, for instance,
um that trust then is compromised and and i'm guessing i'm maybe hypothesizing here that health literacy is also compromised because now you're talking to someone else who you've never talked to before and all of a sudden you got to break through that barrier in order to get your your needs met health-wise does that ring true at all yeah i i think
um that trust then is compromised and and i'm guessing i'm maybe hypothesizing here that health literacy is also compromised because now you're talking to someone else who you've never talked to before and all of a sudden you got to break through that barrier in order to get your your needs met health-wise does that ring true at all yeah i i think
So, you know, the other day I went to the dentist, I had to have a crown replaced, not fun. Okay. But my dentist and his, his assistant, his, I noticed were really, really good. They were probably trained by you, Janelle. But they were really good because throughout the whole thing, they were explaining
So, you know, the other day I went to the dentist, I had to have a crown replaced, not fun. Okay. But my dentist and his, his assistant, his, I noticed were really, really good. They were probably trained by you, Janelle. But they were really good because throughout the whole thing, they were explaining
Literally, every little step that they were doing, you know, with the impressions and the taking this out, putting this in and, you know, they whatever, whatever it happened to be, step by step, they were just saying, okay, Stan, this is what we're doing now. Okay.
Literally, every little step that they were doing, you know, with the impressions and the taking this out, putting this in and, you know, they whatever, whatever it happened to be, step by step, they were just saying, okay, Stan, this is what we're doing now. Okay.
And it was, it's just comforting knowing that, you know, when you're sitting back in the chair there with your mouth, your mouth wide open, at least you're, you're hearing what's going on and you feel more confident that way.
And it was, it's just comforting knowing that, you know, when you're sitting back in the chair there with your mouth, your mouth wide open, at least you're, you're hearing what's going on and you feel more confident that way.
I mean, I, my dentist even says, Stan, sorry for the drill sound.