Effective Health Communication and Health Literacy: Understanding the Connection

 For more information or to schedule this course, contact the NNLM Training Office at nto@utah.edu.

How are health communication and health literacy connected? How can you be more effective in providing health information to consumers, patients, clients, library patrons and your community? This 1 hour webinar introduces the concepts of health literacy and health communication, outlines components of clear health communication, and identifies online resources from NLM, government agencies and other recognized resources for health literacy and health communication.

Course URL: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class-catalog/effective-health-communication-and-health-literacy-understanding-connection

Learning Objectives

• Define health literacy​
• Describe universal precautions for health literacy​
• Name 3 components of clear health communication ​
• Identify 3 online resources you can use as tools to promote health literacy​​​

Agenda 

0-:05 Introduction
:05 – 0:10 – Health Literacy Defined
:10 – 20 Communication and Universal Precautions
:20 – :30 Print communication
:30 – :40 Verbal communication
:40 – :45 MedlinePlus to promote health literacy
:45 – :50 EthnoMed.org
:50 – 1:00 Conclusion and Questions

MLA CE Credits: 1