Health Promotion
The patient had lost hope of recovery from drug addiction and could only choose to continue abusing until his untimely passing. On the contrary, after an engagement on the safer ways for Opioid use, I was able to influence him to modify his lifestyle decisions to guarantee improvement in health by limiting the side effects of the drug (District Hospital of Columbia Association, 2015). For example, the patient chose to engage more on the physical activity participation. By doing this, their bodies would increase fitness and hence enhance the metabolic functions affected by unhealthy methods of Opioid use. Additionally, the patient agreed to improve his nutritional patterns, therefore, improving nutrient intake into the body. Consequently, this would enhance health standards.
Throughout the discussion on how to improve the health literacy of the patient, I used both the strategies provide in the safer ways to Opioid use simulations as well as others that were not captured in the simulation. For example, the simulation discussed a road trip by the patient as a way promoting health literacy (District Hospital of Columbia Association, 2015). This comprises the physical activities I used to empower the patient to improve his health literacy. On the other hand, the changes in nutritional behaviors strategy were not part of the strategies utilized in the simulation but an extra method to help the patient modify his lifestyle with the aim of health literacy. From my experience, these strategies are very effective in promoting health literacy as they provide the patient with an alternative perspective from the clinical approaches adopted widely.
Finally, advocating for improving health literacy across different communities encounters various challenges. For example, the cultural, social, and religious beliefs might hinder the adoption of several nutritional modifications. Furthermore, there is a lack of enough facilities to enhance health literacy in the community levels due to poor infrastructure in the health sector as well as a societal organization.
References
District Hospital of Columbia Association. (2015). Pathways to Safer Opioid Use. Retrieved from http://www.dcha.org/2015/08/pathways-to-safer-opioid-use/
