Environmental Health & Health Literacy
Purpose:
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Collaborate with partners and experts in the National Capital Area to improve health literacy and increase awareness and use of health education resources.
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Develop collaborative health initiatives that support healthy behaviors to improve the health and well-being of communities in the National Capital Area.
2020-2021 Strategies:
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Promote health literacy across the DC metro area via webinars, blog posts and social media messaging.
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Build partnerships and collaborations across the health education, public health and medical communities.
Resources:
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National Capital Area resources:
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Articles, Recommended Reading and Training materials
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Health Literacy Activities by State | Health LiteracyNational Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy | health.govATSDR - Resources for the Public
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https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/translational/peph/webinars/health_literacy/index.cfm
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Increasing Environmental Health Literacy through Contextual Learning in Communities at Risk
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The evolving concept of Health literacy: New directions for health literacy studies
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Defining and measuring health literacy: what can we learn from literacy studies?
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Increasing Environmental Health Literacy through Contextual Learning in Communities at Risk
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Read "Community-Based Health Literacy Interventions: Proceedings of a Workshop" at NAP.edu
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Promoting Health Literacy Through Defining and Measuring Quality School Health Education
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Health Literacy and Health Education in Schools: Collaboration for Action
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Contact: healthliteracy.ncasophe@gmail.com