Services provided by The California Health Literacy Initiative

Health Care Professionals:

     1.  On-demand reviews of health information. We will help rewrite health materials in plain language          and determine appropriate grade level.
     2.  Health Literacy Training for physicians using the American Medical Association's Kit.

Literacy Professionals:
     1. Presentations
         Patient Self-Advocacy: Your Students Have the Right to Understand
         Rewriting Health Materials Using Plain Language
         The California Health Literacy Initiative: An Overview
      2. Serve in an advisory capacity for the establishment of health literacy quality standards and          measures.

Adult Learners:
      1. Presentation
          Patient Self-Advocacy: You Have the Right to Understand
      2. Speakers Bureau
      3. Student Advisory Committee
      4. Opportunities to be Advocates for Health Literacy

 

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