Roadmap Glossary

 

Alcohol, tobacco and drug use screening and counseling

  • Alcohol misuse screening and counseling: A service where a person is assessed to determine if they are using alcoholic beverages in a way that’s harmful to their health. This service also includes counseling.
  • Preventative tobacco counseling: Advice, support, or information given to help prevent your tobacco use.
  • Drug test: A test to check if you have been taking certain drugs. These would include opioids, amphetamines, barbiturates, and prescription drugs.

Alzheimer’s and Dementia screening

  • Alzheimer’s disease: A type of dementia causing memory loss and problems with thinking, talking and the way a person acts or behaves.
  • A condition where a person can’t process thought beyond what might be expected from normal aging
  • A medical test that checks for diseases before symptoms appear1. A type of preventive care that includes tests or exams to detect the presence of something, usually performed when you have no symptoms, signs or prevailing medical history of a disease or condition2.

Anxiety and depression screenings

  • Depression screening: A test or evaluation to find out if a person has depression or is at risk for developing depression.

Blood pressure and blood sugar screening and counseling

  • Cardiovascular screening/cholesterol: Tests that look at the risk factors that can affect the health of your heart and blood vessels. High cholesterol is a risk factor.
  • Diabetes screening: Tests to find out if someone has blood sugar levels that are too high. High blood sugar can put a person at risk for developing diabetes.
  • Biometric screening: A group of tests and measurements that are used to find out how healthy you are overall. These can include: blood work, height, weight, BMI, blood pressure

Breast cancer screening

  • Breast cancer screening: X-ray picture of the breast to look for cancer or other breast disease.
  • Preventative breast cancer screening: Checking your breast looking for cancer.

Birth control, family planning and STD prevention counseling

  • STD screening and counseling: Tests or evaluation to find out if someone has a sexually transmitted disease or is at risk for getting one of these diseases; followed by information and services to help with treatment and prevention.
  • Birth control: A way to prevent pregnancy.
  • Family planning: The process of deciding the number and spacing of your children through the use of birth control.
  • Preventative contraceptive: Methods used to prevent a pregnancy.

Cervical Cancer screening (PAP test) every 5 years

  • Cervical cancer screening: A test for cancer of the cervix, which is the lower part of the uterus.
  • Pap smear (also known as: Pap test, Papanicolaou smear): A test for cancer of the cervix.
  • Cervical and vaginal cancer screening: Tests or a physical check to look for cancer in the female pelvic organs (or genitalia) and to make sure the pelvic organs are normal. Pap test and pelvic exam are two examples of these screenings.

Colorectal cancer screening after 45

  • Colorectal screening (also known as: colon cancer screening): A medical test for signs of cancer in the colon and rectum.
  • Preventative colorectal screening: A medical test looking for signs of cancer in your colon and rectum area of your body

Counseling

  • Advice, support or information from a professional, such as a doctor, therapist, lawyer, accountant or other expert

Diabetes screening

  • Diabetes screening: Tests to find out if someone has blood sugar levels that are too high. High blood sugar can put a person at risk for developing diabetes.

Domestic violence screening

  • Domestic violence (also known as: intimate partner violence, IPV, intimate partner abuse, family violence): Violence and abuse by family members or intimate partners such as a spouse, former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend, ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend, or date1. Domestic violence can include child abuse, marital rape, date rape, and stalking2. The healthcare team may ask you questions about your risk for domestic violence.

Exercise

  • Regular exercise: The amount of physical activity that your doctor tells you to get every day.
  • Aerobic exercise: An activity that increases your heart rate and can help your heart stay healthy1. Some examples of aerobic exercise include: Walking, Running, Biking, Swimming2

Fall Risk Assessment

Commonly used in older adults, a fall risk assessment checks your risk of falling. Healthcare providers use multiple tests to identify your risk factors, such as difficultly seeing or taking medications that make you dizzy. Prevention strategies, including exercise and assistive devices, help you lead a healthier life overall.

Healthy eating

  • Nutritious: wholesome, food that is good for you, healthy eating, healthy food.
  • Healthy living: Eating well, getting regular exercise, and seeing your doctor for routine checkups.

Lipid screening

  • Cardiovascular screening/cholesterol: Tests that look at the risk factors that can affect the health of your heart and blood vessels. High cholesterol is a risk factor.

Lung Cancer Screenin

  • Lung cancer screening: A test to look for cancer of your lungs.

Osteoporosis prevention- after 65

  • Preventative osteoporosis care: Health care services checking on the health of your bones.

Prostate cancer screening

  • Prostate cancer: Cancer of a man’s prostate.

Screening

  • A medical test that checks for diseases before symptoms appear. A type of preventive care that includes tests or exams to detect the presence of something, usually performed when you have no symptoms, signs or prevailing medical history of a disease or condition.

Shared-Decision Making

Shared decision-making is a process where patients and clinicians work together to make healthcare decisions, considering both medical evidence and the patient’s values and preferences. An example of shared decision-making is when parents choose to vaccinate their child after discussing it with their healthcare provider.

Sleeping

  • Sleep study (also known as: polysomnography): A test done while you’re sleeping to check if you have problems while you sleep.

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Stress management

  • Stress management: The way you deal with stress1. Stress management includes the techniques you use to decrease your stress levels. Common techniques include: Relaxation, Deep breathing, Yoga, Exercise, Healthy eating, Mental health counseling2

Spirituality and human-social connections

  • Socialize: make friends, talk with people, meet people.
  • Spiritual treatment: A type of complementary medicine using religious influences to help improve an illness or support wellness.

Urinary continence screening

  • Incontinence: A condition where you can’t control your bladder or bowel movements.

Definition Sources:

  1. https://www.justplainclear.com/en
  2. If unable to find the term in the above dictionary, use https://glossary.guide/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Glossary-of-Plain-Language-Thesaurus-For-Health-Communications.pdf
  3. Cleveland Clinic, https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/23330-fall-risk-assessment