Understanding Health Literacy Workshops

A highly practical, 2-hour workshop for all patient-facing Healthcare professionals, Social Care, VCSE staff and volunteers in West Yorkshire to help understand the nature of health inequality and how to minimise its impact. (See below for dates, times and how to register).

Commissioned and funded by West Yorkshire HCP, and delivered by DNA Insight, the leading Healthcare Training Consultancy, Understanding Health Literacy is a 2-hour online workshop. The course is designed to provide HCP based healthcare professionals with an understanding of the nature of Health Literacy and how to minimise the impact of it when working with your patients and clients.

The ‘Understanding Health Literacy’ programme comprises a 2-hour workshop. A wide selection of Programme dates and times throughout 2023 offers healthcare professionals a choice of when to take the training, which is delivered via the Zoom Video Conferencing platform.

About ‘Understanding Health Literacy’

Health literacy is the ability to access, read, understand, and implement healthcare information or advice, in order to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. Low health literacy has been linked to poor general health, increased hospital admissions, low vaccination uptake and reduced life expectancy.

Groups most likely to experience poor health literacy include communities with language barriers, people with learning disabilities and people living with dementia. In the UK, 7.1 million adults have a reading age of 9 years old or lower, and over 40% of adults struggle to understand healthcare content written specifically for members of the public.

Topics covered include:

• Personalised Care as it relates to community Health Literacy

• Understanding the causes of Health Literacy

• Active and Empathetic Listening Techniques

• Identifying the cohorts of your patients most likely to experience low levels of Health Literacy

• Assessing whether your patients/clients are experiencing a low level of health Literacy

• Tailoring patient education throughout your organisation to improve health outcomes

Who should attend The Understanding Health Literacy Workshop?

The Understanding Health Literacy workshop is suitable for all patient-facing healthcare professionals in West Yorkshire HCP. Irrespective of your sector or healthcare specialism, an understanding of health literacy is crucial to ensuring that your patients and clients can benefit from the information, advice and /or medication you provide for them.

Registrations are closed

West Yorkshire HCP - Understanding Health Literacy Workshops