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Advancing Understanding through Health Literacy Practices

Learn how to advance understanding by improving health literacy. This training provides practical tools and strategies to communicate clearly, engage diverse communities, and empower individuals to make informed health decisions.

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Review what health literacy is and why it matters

Participants will explore what health literacy is, why it matters, and how it affects individual and community health outcomes.

Discuss how health literacy influences differences in health outcomes

Participants will discuss how limited health literacy can create barriers for diverse communities and identify ways to promote understanding through effective communication.

Learn to apply practical strategies to strengthen health literacy when working with clients

Participants will practice tools such as clear communication, the teach-back method, and culturally responsive approaches to support understanding and empower informed health decisions.

Training Description

In the training Advancing Understanding through Health Literacy Practices, you will learn practical strategies to make health information more accessible, clear, and useful for the people you serve.

This session explores how health literacy affects health outcomes, highlights common communication challenges, and equips you with tools such as clear communication techniques, the teach-back method, and approaches that help ensure information is meaningful and relevant.

Whether you work directly with patients or support health programs, this training will help you improve quality of care and support individuals in making informed health decisions.

Meet the Trainer

Joanna Sabally

Public Health Program Specialist

Joanna designs, develops and proposes public health capacity-buildings or related processes to proposed clients. She manages all aspects of the projects responding to clients needs and expectations and fulling agreed upon commitments.