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Test Your
Health Knowledge: FLC’s New Quiz App Aims to Improve Health Literacy
FLC Blog:
10.15.2019 by Heather Surrency
FLC has released the new Staying Healthy
Quiz app, a fun and interactive learning opportunity to help adult learners
build health knowledge and vocabulary. Based on the popular Staying
Healthy curriculum, users can choose from three different quiz
levels: easy, hard, or a mix of questions from both levels. Educators can use
the app as a standalone learning tool or in conjunction with classroom lectures
or reviews. Instructors can keep track of student scores and even set up
friendly score competitions.
There
is a growing recognition that limited English language and literacy skills can
have a significant impact on one’s health. People who lack health literacy
skills are much more likely to take medications incorrectly, be hospitalized
and spend more time in the hospital than people with higher health literacy,
and are four times more likely to have poor health. The potential for financial
savings and increased health outcomes as a result of healthy literacy skill
improvements are significant. Adult education, literacy, and family literacy
programs play an important role in helping people to acquire these skills.
“This
interactive quiz is an entertaining way to gain knowledge about topics vital to
health and well-being,” says Greg Smith, executive director of the Florida
Literacy Coalition. “In order to make good choices, people need access to high
quality information written in an easy-to-understand format.”
The
app is available for download on Android devices on the Google Play Store. This app is available thanks to a grant
from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Career and Adult
Education. Thanks to the instructors and students of the New College of Florida
for their generous donation of technical assistance. READ MORE
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