In this episode, we discuss everything public health. We delve deep into the historical origins of public health in the US and how we got to where we are currently. We also discuss what makes up public health and what we propose to fix it. We feature a special guest on this episode, Valentina, one of our cousins who is studying epidemiology/public health and she provides some insight into the current public health crisis. You can follow her on her linkedin page as well as her instagram page @valentinagmzh.

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Health Literacy and Patient Safety: Help Patients Understand” - by the AMA found on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGtTZ_vxjyA

Formal Assessments:

NVS: Newest Vital Sign - (Fig. 12.2)

- Ice cream nutrition label information “test” - Available in Spanish

- Takes 3 minutes

https://www.pfizer.com/health/literacy/public-policy- researchers/nvs-toolkit

REALM-R (2003) or SF 92008): Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine

- 2 minutes to complete

https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient- safety/quality-resources/tools/literacy/index.html