Health Literacy for Interprofessional Education (IPE) eToolkit ▬ PUL LibGuides

Health Literacy for Interprofessional Education (IPE) eToolkit

Health Literacy eToolkit

Pacific University Libraries LibGuides: Oct 2020

Patients with low health literacy may be hard to detect in clinical practice. Many patients with low health literacy suffer shame around their inability to read and understand health information and will go to great lengths to hide it. Patients with low health literacy are often invisible - just as if we walk into a room we cannot tell who has cancer, we cannot tell by looking who has low health literacy.

Research shows that patients in the following demographic groups suffer disproportionately from low health literacy:

➧ low income individuals

➧ seniors, those over age 65

➧ the unemployed

➧ immigrants & minorities; individuals whose native language is not English

➧ people who didn’t graduate high school or who have a GED

➧ people with chronic mental or physical health conditions

More importantly, health literacy crosses all socioeconomic groups. Since recent data indicates 1 in 2 adults struggle with health literacy, it's important for healthcare professionals to recognize the pervasiveness of this issue in their practice.

Identifying Patients with Low Health Literacy

Red Flags for Low Health Literacy

This quick and interactive PowerPoint highlights common behaviors exhibited by individuals with low health literacy.

You Can't Tell by Looking! © 2006 (rev 2011) AHEC Clear Health Communication Program The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

eToolkit

Definition: Health Literacy

Prevalence of Health Literacy in U.S. Adults

Identifying Patients with Low Health Literacy

Patient Communication: Active Listening

Patient Communication: Jargon-Free Medical Terms

Patient Communication: Plain Language & Clear Communication

Patient Communication: Teach Back

Patient Communication: Writing Low-Literate Patient Materials

Universal Precautions for Health Literacy/Shame Free Practices/Clinical Environments

Connection Between Low Health Literacy and Patient Outcomes

Culture, Language and Low Health Literacy

The Patient's Experience of Low Health Literacy

Numeracy

Health Policy for Health Literacy

Patient Education Resources

Environmental Assessments

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Automatic Readability Checker

Based on 7 readability formulas:

Grade Level: 15

Reading Level: difficult to read.

Reader's Age: College graduate

Dyslexia Awareness Month ▬ Understanding Dyslexia ▬ NCIL

Understanding Dyslexia

@NCILiteracy

National Center on Improving Literacy: October 2020

This toolkit helps parents and educators learn about dyslexia and how to support the literacy development of students with dyslexia.

You will learn:

Common dyslexia definitions.

The underlying causes of dyslexia.

The effects dyslexia may have on student literacy development.

This toolkit includes:

An Online Tutorial

Research Briefs & Infographics

Expert Advice

Tools & Resources

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Health Literacy Month :: Programming, and Consumer Health Information via ALA & PLA

#PLAHealth

Health Literacy, Programming, and Consumer Health Information, ALA

PLA: 10.06.2017

Access to current and reliable health information is imperative for the well-being of all Americans, and public libraries are frequently a "go-to" resource as people navigate complex issues of health care, insurance, aging and more. A new nationwide initiative from the Public Library Association (PLA) and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) will increase public library workers’ knowledge and skills related to consumer health services. PLA and NNLM are assessing health information needs among public librarians and share free resources and professional development opportunities that will help public library staff better serve their patrons’ consumer health needs.

PLA launched a new website, Healthy Community Tools for Public Libraries, to compile training resources, program ideas, and trustworthy health web sites and databases. The web site also includes links to evidence-based health news, updated multiple times a day, to help public librarians stay up-to-date and incorporate emerging issues into their programming.

PLA/Libraries Transform Health Literacy Toolkit

In October 2017, for Health Literacy Month, PLA, ALA, and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine released a Health Literacy Toolkit as part of ALA's Libraries Transform public awareness campaign. The Toolkit includes the campaign's signature 'Because' statements, messaging, and downloadable graphics intended to help libraries increase awareness of their role in providing health information to consumers.

Libraries Transform website registration is required to download the free materials.  READ MORE >>

Public Library Association Adds New Awareness Toolkit To Suite Of Family Engagement Resources

Public Library Association adds new awareness toolkit to suite of family

engagement resources

@ILoveLibraries

ALA News: 7.23.2018

The Public Library Association (PLA) has released a free promotional toolkit designed to help libraries raise awareness of family engagement through libraries. This new resource can be used to supplement libraries’ marketing, fundraising, community relations and political advocacy work.

The Family Engagement Toolkit was developed in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA), as part of ALA’s Libraries Transform public awareness campaign.

The Toolkit offers both strategy and tactics for family engagement advocates, including message points, customizable graphics, promotional ideas, and program examples from IDEABOOK: Libraries for Families, a family engagement publication released in 2017 by PLA and the Global Family Research Project.

The ALA Communications & Marketing Office (formerly the Public Awareness Office) also developed a toolkit on Health Literacy, in partnership with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, last year.

Accessing the Toolkit

Registration on the Libraries Transform website is required to download the materials. To access the new Family Engagement Toolkit, please begin by clicking here. The link will bring you to a password-protected landing page where you must enter your existing credentials, or create a new registration, to proceed. Once the login/registration process is complete, reopen the URL http://ilovelibraries.org/librariestransform/family-engagement-toolkit to access the full toolkit.

➤Anyone who loves libraries and wants to spread the word about the value of libraries is welcome to join.

➤Libraries and library systems can join the campaign.

➤Individual librarians and library staff are encouraged to join.

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