Health Literacy Kentucky

Health literacy online training resources

A selection of interactive courses, webinars, and training videos on health literacy. Some require you to set up an account. Most are available at no charge. Those that do have a fee are indicated (to the best of our knowledge).

Advancing Health Literacy: Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners (2008)
New and emerging topics in health literacy.
http://lincs.ed.gov/webcasts/health08/webcast0916.html

Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices through Quality Improvement: Curricular Modules for Faculty (2011)
A set of modules to help pharmacy faculty integrate health literacy and health literacy quality improvement into courses, experiential education, and projects for PharmD students and pharmacy residents. The curricular modules can be used for lectures, seminars, laboratory classes, and experiential education.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pharmlitqi/

Culture and Health Literacy Modules (2004-2008)
This online course discusses how inequalities in health information contribute to health disparities, and what communities can do to close the gap and improve health literacy.
https://cpheo1.sph.umn.edu/healthlit/

Great Rivers Partners for Health-E People: Health Literacy Awareness in the Greater Midwest Region (2008)
Wisconsin Health Information Outreach Summit.
http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videos/3500

Health Literacy
These courses were developed to improve knowledge and skills in practice-based learning and improvement through patient and family education, systems-based practice, and communication. (CME-$125 unless an AAP resident.)
http://www.pedialink.org/cmefinder/videos/health_literacy/index.htm

Health Literacy
Effective Communication Tools for Healthcare Professionals (formerly Unified Health Communication) is free, on-line, training that has helped more than 4,000 health care professionals and students improve patient-provider communication.
http://www.hrsa.gov/healthliteracy/default.htm

Health Literacy 101 (2009)
Part of the National Network of Public Health Training Centers free online training courses.
http://www.asph.org/userfiles/PHTC_FINALHealthLiteracybundle.pdf

Health Literacy and Public Health (2006)
New York New Jersey Public Health Training Center.
http://www.nynj-phtc.org/phLit/Home/phlit-login.cfm

Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals
This course from the CDC is designed to introduce participants to the fundamentals of health literacy and demonstrate the importance of health literacy within public health practice.
http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/registration/detailpage.asp?res_id=2074

Health Literacy: Making Your Message More Understandable (2008)
Wisconsin Health Information Outreach Summit.
http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=3496

Health Literacy: New Field, New Opportunities
http://www.healthliteracy.worlded.org/docs/tutorial/SWF/flashcheck/main.htm

Health Literacy: Using a Self-Assessment Tool to Guide Quality Improvement in Primary Care (2010)
Part of the National Conference Series for Culturally Diverse Populations.
http://www.diversityrxconference.org/Your-Voice/Webinars/Webinar-4-Health-Literacy/182/

Ohio State University AHEC Health Literacy Distance Education Modules
The Ohio State University AHEC Health Literacy Program offers comprehensive professional development and continuing education in the field of health literacy. ($20 one-time registration fee, $15 per module.)
http://healthliteracy.osu.edu/

Prescription for Information: Addressing Health Information Literacy
Offered by the Medical Library Association, this course teaches health professionals to: define health literacy and the challenges patients face; recognize the impact low health literacy has on patient care; list strategies to improve health information literacy; and describe health literacy services provided by medical libraries.
http://mla.mrooms.org/

Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacy Staff and Patients (2007)
This training program is designed to introduce pharmacists to the problem of low health literacy in patient populations and to identify the implications of this problem for the delivery of health care services. The program also explains techniques that pharmacy staff members can use to improve communication with patients who may have limited health literacy skills.
http://www.ahrq.gov/QUAL/pharmlit/pharmtrain.htm

Understanding Health Literacy: Why It Is So Important and What Librarians Can Do to Help (2008)
Eight webcasts, part of the consumer health series Health e-Shows.
http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/244/index.html

University of Wisconsin - Terrific Tuesdays, School of Nursing (2009)
A three-part program created for nurses and other health care providers to promote a forward shift in the ongoing challenges with health literacy. (Nursing CEs available for a fee.)

Health Literacy: Why is it a Challenge?
http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=8093
Health Literacy: Communication Tools/Techniques/Strategies
http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=9103
Health Literacy: Patient's Point of View: Case Study Evaluation
http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=9104