You may have come to the conclusion that health literacy is an important topic for you or your organization. You may then ask yourself how to best prepare yourself or your organization for understanding the impact of poor health literacy and ways to improve communication of health information within your organization before implementing programs or protocol changes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a complied list of various training opportunities that you can utilize to train yourself or your staff (2012). Some of the training opportunities are geared for nurses, physicians and other health professionals and many can be used to satisfy various professional development requirements through continuing education credits. The length of each online training opportunity varies from 1.5 to 5 hours allowing for individuals to choose the training that best fits their schedule. One example of a type of training you will find on the CDC website is:
Health Literacy for Public Health Professionals
(Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Description: The purpose of this training is to educate public
health professionals on the importance of health literacy and their role in
providing health information and services and promoting public health literacy.
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Length: 1.5-2 hours
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Continuing
Education: The continuing
education credits offered for this course are as follows; 1.25 CME for
physicians, 1.25 CME attendance for non-physicians, 1 CNE for nurses, .1 CEU
for other professionals, 1 CHES for certified health education specialists and
.1 CPE for pharmacists.
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Cost:
Free
For more opportunities, visit the CDC site at http://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/GetTraining.html
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