Health Literacy: Ensuring We Are Understood

Name: Health Literacy: Ensuring We Are Understood
Price: 129.00 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (1218 reviews)

Course: #10305Level: Introductory 1 Hour 1218 Reviews

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has identified that the majority of adults do not have proficient health literacy to understand health information, with some subgroups more adversely impacted than others. The status of health literacy in the U.S., and evidence-based strategies to ensure that information and services match individuals' capacity to understand and use them, are discussed in this course.

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Course Type: Video, Audio

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Related; Calif SLPAB/1.0; IACET/0.1; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to describe the status of health literacy in the U.S.
After this course, participants will be able to identify three improvements they can make to written materials to enhance clients' ability to understand them.
After this course, participants will be able to list three strategies they will use to improve health literacy in their next client interaction.

Course created on October 6, 2022

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-20 Minutes	Status of U.S. health literacy
20-30 Minutes	Use of a universal precautions approach to health literacy
30-40 Minutes	Strategies for improving written and numeracy information
40-50 Minutes	Integrating cultural information
50-55 Minutes	How does your facility promote health literacy?
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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Presented By

Lissa Power-deFur
PhD CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, ASHA Fellow

Lissa Power-deFur is Professor Emeritus at Longwood University, where she was instrumental in establishing the graduate SLP program and has served as program director, chair, and interim dean. She has worked as a clinician in multiple clinical settings and as a special education administrator. She is an active volunteer for the profession – serving on various committees and boards at both the state and national levels.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Lissa Power deFur was paid an honorarium for this presentation. Nonfinancial: No relevant relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by SpeechPathology.com, a Continued site.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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