Health Literacy Focused Communication Training for Health Professionals

Description

In Europe, nearly 50 percent of people suffer from low health literacy. People with low levels of health literacy often experience problems with understanding health information and have poorer health outcomes. Health professionals can be unaware of low health literacy problems; however, effective communication is associated with improved participation, self-management and health outcomes.
On completion of this training you will be able to apply person centred communication strategies to enhance health literacy skills and promote the health of patients with low health literacy by effective self-management.
Consists of three competencies:
1) increase knowledge and awareness
2) teach skills
3) sustain skills and behaviour change
Participation
• 1 hour Information session
• 2 x 5 hour workshops
• 1 hour Follow up session
• 3 hours of self-study

Period	Apr 2017 → Jun 2017
Event type	Course
Location	Belfast, United Kingdom
Degree of Recognition	International