Health Literacy in the Human Services

Catalog description

This course offers an interdisciplinary approach to understanding functional health literacy and how the public’s literacy skills affect interactions with health and human services professionals. Includes an examination of the data for national and international literacy levels and populations at risk for low literacy; research on health literacy; assessment tools; and practical techniques for addressing literacy issues in spoken and written communications at the practitioner and organizational levels. Identical with IPE 599 and SWK 599 . May be taught concurrently with PBH 699 and SWK 696. May only receive credit for one of the following: BMS 599, IPE 599 , SWK 599 , PBH 699, or SWK 696.