Health Literacy Strategies
PROGRESS ON HEALTH LITERACY STRATEGIES - AS OF DECEMBER 2018
This score reflects an average of each of the scores of the individual strategies. The health literacy priority area workgroup is progressing well in achieving its overall goal.
9.0
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Health Literacy Strategy 1
Collaborate with other health care organizations, government agencies, and community based organizations to increase public awareness and education around health literacy and health system navigation, using best practice approaches
Activity 1: Educate on top 5 health conditions that present in ED
A Webinar has been scheduled for Jan 17th to discuss among Wards 5,7 and 8 Congregations Health Ministers the following overarching topics 1) How do you define health literacy? 2) What do you do in your church/health ministry when someone comes to you looking for information about primary care and they don’t have health insurance?
Activity 2: Educate consumers on how to access and utilize health insurance
A Webinar has been scheduled for Jan 17th to discuss among Wards 5,7 and 8 Congregations Health Ministers the following overarching topics 1) How do you define health literacy? 2) What do you do in your church/health ministry when someone comes to you looking for information about primary care and they don’t have health insurance?
Activity 3: Educate on health insurance, medical specialties, and available resources
AA Webinar has been scheduled for Jan 17th to discuss among Wards 5,7 and 8 Congregations Health Ministers the following overarching topics 1) How do you define health literacy? 2) What do you do in your church/health ministry when someone comes to you looking for information about primary care and they don’t have health insurance? 3) Next steps/action items will be decided to expand info to larger congregation within each faith institution
Activity 4: Pre/Post test data collected and analyzed
Activity 5: Summary report generated
Health Literacy Strategy 2
Pilot internal system changes to improve health literacy
Activity 1: Develop health literacy questions for providers to assess a patient’s health literacy at a federally qualified health centers and hospitals
This is complete.
Activity 2: Train federally qualified health centers and hospital staff on best health literacy strategies
1) Asthma and Allergy Network upcoming Community Health Worker (CHW) Training shared 2) Ongoing-Children's Hospital committee on internal HL screening & response improvement
Activity 3: Evaluate questions and training, and disseminate findings
"Basecamp" set up and shared through DC Health to gather and communicate best practices/next steps in regards to CHW health literacy-focused trainings/core competencies/standardization