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Health Literacy: Why Does It Matter? - (Part 1 of 3)

Details

Starts at: October 5, 2021 1:00pm ET

Ends at: October 5, 2021 2:00pm ET

Free Admission

Description

In this webinar you will learn to…

Define health literacy;
Identify people and/or populations at risk for low health literacy;
Describe several consequences of low health literacy;
List several strategies for employing plain language.

Speaker

Elizabeth M. Felter, DrPH, MCHES
Assistant Professor
Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh

Accreditation

Continuing Education credits for certified public health professionals (CPH-CE, 1 hour) and certified health education specialists (CHES, 1 entry) are available for each webinar. To receive credit, participants must attend from beginning to end and complete an evaluation; no partial credit will be given.

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

Retention and/or re-engagement in care
Health literacy
Relationship Building

MIDATLANTIC AIDS EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER

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