Organised by NHS Scotland library services to celebrate Health literacy month 2024. Including webinars and useful links.
This session covers:
What health literacy is and why it is important
Health literacy and other literacies
Tools and techniques you can use to support people with their health literacy
Presentation covering what health literacy is and why it is important; links between health literacy and other literacies
Presentation on tools and techniques for improving health literacy. Also covers shared decision making and readability checkers.
Adult literacy and numeracy links:
Readability Checkers:
Health literacy eLearning:
This webinar covers:
Trusted sources of health information
Digital literacy
Quality assuring sources of information
Presentation covering trusted sources of health information for patients and health and social care staff.
Presentation looking at digital literacy, digital exclusion and how to quality assure information that you find on the internet