Health Literacy: a better way of doing things.
This website helps make health information and services easier for people to access, understand, and act on.
Health Professionals
We can help health professionals with the following:
Community Members
Community members can find out more about:
Resources
Below is a list of the most common health literacy related resources:
What is health literacy?
Individual health literacy is the skills, knowledge, motivation, and capacity of a person to access, understand, appraise and apply information to make effective decisions about health and health care and take appropriate action.
The health literacy environment is the infrastructure, policies, processes, materials, people and relationships that make up the health system and have an impact on the way in which people access, understand, appraise and apply health-related information and services. Read more…
Health literacy is important
because it helps us to:
Navigate the healthcare system including locating services and providers and coordinating multiple services
Case Studies
Winter Strategy patient workshops
Recent Updates
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Use best-practice health literacy strategies as a health professional.
Northern NSW Health Literacy Project acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands across our region and pays respect to the Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise these lands were never ceded and acknowledge the continuation of culture and connection to land, sky and sea. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples and honour the rich diversity of the world’s oldest living cultures.