Health Management: Occupational Therapy 's Key Role in Educating Clients About Reliable Online Health Information

• Main Authors: Amy Armstrong-Heimsoth (Author), Melissa L. Johnson (Author), Meredith Carpenter (Author), Tincey Thomas (Author), Ashley Sinnappan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Scholarworks @ WMU, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Only 12% of Americans possess proficient health literacy skills. Among those with the lowest health literacy are individuals with chronic health conditions. Occupational therapists are well prepared to assist these clients with health literacy, given our roles in teaching new health mana...