PLEASE COMPLETE TRAININGS BY MARCH 26
We are in the midst of developing a new registration and login system for you to access our web-based trainings. This new system will offer you many new features, including:
- one-time registration
- single login with unlimited access to all the trainings
- ability to edit your account information
- transcript of trainings you have completed
- connection with the NYS Learning Management System
The system will be in place by the end of March, but will require a short period of time when courses may not be available. Please be aware that any trainings you are currently enrolled in should be completed by March 26, as your progress will not be transferred to the new system. Of course, any credits you have earned in the past are still valid.
Thank you in advance for your patience as we transition to this new system.
Overview
This training:
- Introduces the concept of health literacy
- Provides strategies for considering literacy when creating public health messages for the general public
- Provides strategies for considering literacy in direct public health services to the public
The course consists of two modules.
The first module, “Health Literacy & Public Health ” contains four
sections. The content and activities demonstrates
how the public’s literacy skills affect interactions with medical and
public health staff.
The second module, “Strategies for Improving Public Health Communications” contains two sections and provides practical techniques for addressing literacy issues in spoken and written communications.
Objectives
After completing the course, the learner will be able to:
- Define fundamental literacy.
- Define health literacy.
- Describe how health literacy relates to public health.
- List the four domains of health literacy.
- Give an example of each of the four domains of health literacy.
- List some coping strategies people use to compensate for their low literacy skills.
- List some groups that are more likely to be less literate.
- List some reasons why people may have low literacy.
- List the consequences of low health literacy for individuals.
- Describe why people, regardless of literacy skills, may fail to understand health information.
- Give examples of how low literacy affects the essential services of public health.
- List seven barriers to good communication in public health.
- Provide an example for each barrier.
- List seven techniques to improve health communication.
- Define plain language.
- Describe three communication strategies you can apply in your daily work.
