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ES-001 - Confetti Cannon
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- 1Define individual and organizational health literacy, why they are important, and how they interrelate with health systems and communities.
- 2Understand health literacy best practices and name tools that are available to support these best practices.
- 3Utilize teach-back in a conversation with patients or community members to check for the effectiveness of verbal teaching.
- 4Consider whether to use a patient education material based on the score of the Patient Education Material Assessment Tool.
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Nice work!
Next, you will explore health literacy resources to deepen your knowledge about health literacy.
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Providers, healthcare and public health professionals, government agencies, and others all play an important role in improving the health literacy of individuals, communities, and organizations. This learning activity includes two parts:
Learners will participate in an interactive, online learning module to explore the definitions of individual and organizational health literacy and the impact they have on health outcomes, health equity, and our public health and health care system. Tools for best practices in health literacy will be shared including plain language and teach-back.
Learners will explore the basics of using the Patient Education Material Assessment Tool (PEMAT), a systematic method to evaluate the understandability and action-ability of patient education materials.
Learners will see an example document and score using the tool and then see the improved document and score after addressing readability and actionability concerns.
The entire learning module is hosted within an online learning platform that allows the learner to take this self-paced course from any device with internet access.
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Learners will participate in an interactive, online learning module to explore the definitions of individual and organizational health literacy and the impact they have on health outcomes, health equity, and our public health and health care system. Tools for best practices in health literacy will be shared including plain language and teach-back.
Learners will explore the basics of using the Patient Education Material Assessment Tool (PEMAT), a systematic method to evaluate the understandability and action-ability of patient education materials.
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Geographic Location: Virtual/Remote, self-paced.
Restrictions: None.
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CL-001 - 100% Content Width
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PU-003 - Avatar Bar
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We Heart Health Literacy
We’re in business to better lives by designing health information that’s easy to understand and use.
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Health Literacy in Healthy People 2030
Health literacy is a central focus of Healthy People 2030. One of the initiative’s overarching goals demonstrates this focus: “Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy to improve the health and well-being of all.”
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Health Literacy - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Welcome to CDC’s health literacy website. This site is for health communicators, public health professionals, and community leaders who seek information and tools on health literacy research, practice, and evaluation.
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Ten Attributes of Health Literate Health Care Organizations
Health literate healthcare organizations make it easier for people to navigate, understand, and use information and services to take care of their health. This page displays the many AHRQ resources that can assist healthcare systems address health literacy and each of 10 attributes of health literate healthcare organizations.
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ES-003 - Sound Effect
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