Monday mornings or whichever day starts your new work or school week, can come up quickly after a few days off. It can be difficult to think about the following week when you are barely finishing the current one. However, taking the time at the...
Several weeks into the new year, many people continue to focus on establishing resolutions for changing undesired behaviors or traits into positive ones. If you are not into New Years resolutions or making new challenges for yourself, focusing on creating new habits can be another...
If you are looking for a goal for yourself this year and are a smoker, here is some encouragement to end smoking this year once and for all. Just looking at the basic facts about smoking, it can have many negative health effects on the...
A pros and cons list is a decision making tool that can be used to look at both sides of an argument. It can be beneficial to utilize a pros and cons list when making a difficult decision, or one that has many layers. A...
Health numeracy is another form of health literacy. Health numeracy involves understanding statistics, graphs, probabilities and numbers on health and then applying them to your health decisions. Health numeracy is used as another way to help us understand health information. By itself, health information can...
Health literacy is utilizing information we receive to make appropriate decisions about our health. Health literacy is important for us to be able to understand our health and communicate efficiently with health professionals. Without a background in health, reading, writing and understanding health literacy can...
Caregivers are an essential role in many people’s lives. Whether caring for a family member or friend, caregiving is provided by over 65 million adults in the United States according to the Caregiver Action Network. Caregiving is a full-time job for some and a part...
In the business world, timeliness refers to when something is expected to be available and when it is actually available. Timeliness is a very important aspect of providing great clinical care and customer service in the healthcare system. It demonstrates that you care and respect...
In 1995, the Society for Public Health or SOPHE, initiated national health education week. SOPHE is an organization of health education professionals and students across the world dedicated to promoting healthy behaviors, communities, and environments. National health education week is celebrated every third week of...
In most areas of work, customer service is crucial, no matter the position you hold. If you are working with others outside your company, quality customer service is important to obtain and retain your customers. Within your organization, customer service is also necessary to demonstrate...