My Health Literacy Logistics Assessment Tool – The Force for Health® Network

Health Literacy Logisics (#102)

A big part of being a Force for Health® for yourself, especially as you transition from a teenager to an adult, is knowing how to take care of yourself.

How confident are you? Use this Health Literacy Logitistics Assessment tool, with questions from the Transition Readiness for Youth produced by Got Transition® as a way to assess your readiness. At the end, you will be able to download your report and use it as a tool to help you identify your gaps and do something about it.

Transition Importance and Confidence

1.1 – How important is it to you to move to a doctor who cares for adults before age 22?

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How confident do you feel about your ability to move to a doctor who cares for adults before age 22?

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My Health and Healthcare

Please check the answer that best applies now.

My Health & Healthcare – How do you score?

	No	No, But I’d like to Learn	Yes
2.1 – I can explain my health needs to others.
2.2 – I know how to ask questions when I do not understand what my doctor says.
2.3 – I know how to ask questions when I do not understand what my doctor says.
2.4 – I know my family medical history.
2.5 – I talk to the doctor instead of my parent/caregiver talking for me
2.6 – I see the doctor on my own during an appointment
2.7 – I know when and how to get emergency care
2.8 – I know where to get medical care when the doctor’s office is closed
2.9 – I carry important health information with me every day (e.g., insurance card, emergency contact information)
2.10 – I know that when I turn 18, I have full privacy in my health care.
2.11 – I know at least one other person who will support me with my health needs
2.12 – I know how to find my doctor’s phone number
2.13 – I know how to make and cancel my own doctor appointments
2.14 – I have a way to get to my doctor’s office
2.15 – I know how to get a summary of my medical information (e.g., online portal)
2.16 – I know my family medical history.
2.17 – I know how to get a referral if I need it.
2.18 – I know what health insurance I have.
2.19 – I know what I need to do to keep my health insurance
2.20 – I talk with my parent/caregiver about the health care transition process

My Medicines

Please check the answer that best applies now.

My Medicines – How do you score?

	No	No, But I’d like to Learn	Yes
3.1 – I know my own medicines
3.2 – I know when I need to take my medicines without someone telling me
3.3 – II know how to refill my medicines if and when I need to