Improve Health Literacy Environment
Health services can be complex and confusing.
A health literate organisation is one that makes their health services and the information they provide easier to access, understand and act on.
That is, they improve the health literacy environment of their services. This has a huge impact on the health literacy of consumers using their services.
Want to improve the health literacy environment of your health services?
Follow this guide to embedding health literacy into your organisation or read on to find out more.
On this page:
Resources for my service
Activities to do with your team
Health literacy is determined by personal skills and the context in which those skills are applied.
Personal skills
and abilities
Situational demands
and complexity
Health
Literacy
Our aim is to make our health services less demanding and complex.
Northern NSW Local Health District and Healthy North Coast are committed to improving the health literacy environment of the services across the NSW North Coast region.
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.