Say Ah!’s webinar for making your practice or organization more health literate is now available online. Click the link below to learn how you can make health information and services easier to use for your patients, clients, and communities. The webinar was recorded by the New York State Department of Mental Health on October 16th. Click here to watch!
You are Invited to Say Ah!’s Health Literacy Webinar: Strategies to Improve Patient/Client Health Literacy. October 16th, 10am.
Hosted by the Bureau of Cultural Competence, New York State Office of Mental Health. Reserve Now! Space is Limited.Click here for link to register.
Health literacy is the ability to access, understand, and act on health and medical information and services, and is “a stronger predictor of a person’s health than age, income, employment status, education level, and race” (JAMA). Although low health literacy has emerged as one of the most pressing public health issues of our time, few professionals receive the vital training needed to recognize or “diagnose” and improve the health literacy of patients or clients. This webinar provides strategies and skills to integrate into your work as a means to increase patient-client health literacy and enhance their health and mental health outcomes. Led by Say Ah! co-founders Anna Allen and Helene Eisman Fisher, the Webinar provides an overview of health literacy and its nuances; strategies to effectively communicate with patients/clients (including Teach Back and Plain Language skills), how to recognize low health literacy, cultural competency, and more.
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/316887137
Title: Say Ah!’s Health Literacy Webinar: Strategies to Improve Patient/Client Health Literacy
Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
Say Ah! launches updated site to help patient make good health care choices.
What do teenagers, policy makers, and care providers all have in common? Say Ah!’s new website: www.say-ah.org.
Say Ah!’s comprehensive new site is the first of its kind to provide information and tools for all parties interested in improving a person’s ability to make good choices about his or her health.
Our site engages all stakeholders in the health care world, from administrators to outreach workers, and use low literacy design and writing principles to reach the broadest possible audience of patients and consumers, including those with low literacy and education levels, learning and reading differences, and vision impairments.
