Where’s my what? A survey of anatomical knowledge in a community in Western Melbourne
Journal Title: The Journal of Health Design - Year 2019, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
This project deployed a three-dimensional model to explore if people could identify the site of specific body organs and the likely site of pain associated with those organs. Most respondents failed to locate the body organs and the anatomical source of the pain. People located organ sites in 34 per cent of cases and the anatomical source of pain in 39 per cent of cases. These data suggest a poorer health literacy than previously described in the literature. Such information has implications for help-seeking behaviour and may be a factor in delayed presentation for serious pathology.
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Morgan Jones, Catherine Krejany, Moyez Jiwa
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- DOI 10.21853/JHD.2018.58
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