News
Join us in promoting plain language!
Friday, September 8, 2017 - 9:08am
Plain language is one of the strategies supporting the Minnesota Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy priority of adopting and using health literacy best practices across all verbal, written and visual communication. Plain language is all about using simple, easy-to-understand words. It...
August membership meeting - CANCELLED!
Friday, July 28, 2017 - 1:08pm
Due to several conflicts with summer schedules, we will be cancelling our August meeting. We will reconvene on Wednesday, September 6th from 10:30am - 12:00noon at the Minnesota Literacy Council. Our apologies for any inconvience in light of this change.
Thanks,
Alisha, MHLP...
In the Know: Health literacy news and best practices
Friday, July 14, 2017 - 7:53am
We are excited to debut the first edition of the Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership's new e-newsletter, In the Know: Health literacy news and best practices....
Health Literacy Toolkit now available!!!
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 2:00pm
The Health Literacy Toolkit is a companion piece to the Minnesota Action Plan to Improve Health...
MN Health Care News magazine feature article
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 1:46pm
The June edition of the Minnesota Health Care News magazine features a health literacy article written by Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership Chair Alisha Ellwood Odhiambo. The article highlights the recent release of the MN Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy and also some key tips for...
Monthly meeting - May highlights
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 4:57pm
Partnership members met today for our monthly meeting. Highlights include....
- a robust discussion around opportunities to better utilize our website, beginning with increasing mobile device friendliness of the site
- MHLP was awarded a summer intern from the...
MN Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 10:30am
We are excited to announce the release of the Minnesota Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy!
Click here to view the press release.
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Health Numeracy Toolkit now available!
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 10:36am
MHLP is excited to announce the launch of our Minnesota Health Numeracy Toolkit.
Toolkit materials are now available on our website. Materials include:
- a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes
- an outline, presentation options and references
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Special Event on October 7th at Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 11:53am
The Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership, together with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, American Cancer Society and Portico Healthnet, is sponsoring a special community forum to further our conversation on health literacy in Minnesota.
PART 1 –...
No meeting October 7th
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 5:00pm
There will be no monthly meeting in October 7, 2015. We will resume our monthly meeting schedule in November.