Presentations and Training Materials
The Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership has developed or located a variety of training and presentations materials to help educate individuals and health care professionals about the importance of health literacy. These materials are free and available for your use.
Health Literacy: Back to Basics - NEW 2022 Campaign!!!
This year, the theme of our Health Literacy Month campaign is “Back to Basics”. We chose this theme because it allows us to reflect on key health literacy concepts from previous years and explore how these concepts have changed over time. Our “Back to Basics” campaign covers four topics that will each be featured during the weeks of October 2022: (1) Health Literacy, Past and Present; (2) The Teach-Back Method; (3) Plain Language; and (4) Health Equity.
Check out our Health Literacy Month 2022 campaign materials below, including our “Back to Basics” crossword puzzle, campaign newsletter, slide presentations (with speaker notes) and video recordings of our health literacy webinars focused on our key themes.
- Back to Basics: Crossword puzzle (answer key)
- Back to Basics: Campaign newsletter
- Back to Basics: PowerPoint Presentation (all 4 topics combined with speaker notes)
- Webinar series:
Digital & Telehealth Literacy Campaign
We invite you to read our Digital & Telehealth vocabulary sheet, and then test your knowledge by completing the Digital & Telehealth crossword puzzle. Lastly, be sure to check out the sample telehealth visit consent forms and the telehealth visit checklists for patients and providers. We hope that you find these campaign materials informative and fun!
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Digital & Telehealth vocabulary sheet
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Digital & Telehealth crossword puzzle (answer key)
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Telehealth visit consent forms - sample 1, sample 2
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Telehealth visit checklist (for providers)
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Telehealth visit checklist (for patients)
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E-newsletter October 2021
Follow us on social media as we continue to promote health literacy during October with tips, best practices, and videos.
on Twitter and Facebook @MNHealthLit
on LinkedIn @Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership
Health Literacy during COVID-19
The fast spread of COVID-19 means people are expected to absorb health information and change their habits very quickly. Health care providers and organizations are working hard to offer simple advice and recommendations. But there is still an overwhelming amount of complex and false health information that patients need to sift through. We believe that using plain language and other health literacy best practices is more important than ever before. That is why we are celebrating national Health Literacy Month by sharing simple messages and resources you can use to help educate patients and the general public. Check out our resources below to promote the use of best practices and define complex and new terminology specific to the current pandemic.
- Fact sheet: https://healthliteracymn.org/sites/default/files/images/files/October_2020_MNHealthLiteracyPartnership_fact%20sheet.pdf
- Newsletter: https://healthliteracymn.org/sites/default/files/images/files/October_2020_MNHealthLiteracyPartnership_enewsletter.pdf
Health Literacy & Health Equity Toolkit
Health literacy and health equity are closely linked. In fact, you can think of health literacy as the foundation to achieve health equity.
Most people are impacted by limited health literacy. But populations most likely to experience low health literacy are also most likely to experience health disparities. Seniors, minority groups, and people with disabilities, low incomes, limited reading skills, or limited English proficiency are more likely to experience communication barriers and misunderstandings.
This year's campaign is about connecting these dots and providing you with helpful statistics and resources to help you achieve your health equity goals. We encourage you to check out our campaign materials here:
o Key messages and talking points document
o Health Equity & Health Literacy infographic
Promote Ask Me 3®
To learn more about Ask Me 3 visit the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Ask Me 3 Homepage
- Health Literacy Training – Leveling the Challenges of Health Literacy with Ask Me 3 (Using Ask Me 3 beginning with slide 34) - developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation
- A Program Implementation Guide for Health Care Organizations - developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation
- Ask Me 3 video for patients (4 minutes) - developed by the National Patient Safety Foundation
- Ask Me 3 Brochure (English & Spanish) - available through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Ask Me 3 Poster (English & Spanish) - available through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Ask Me 3 Newsletter Blurb - developed and approved by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Ask Me 3® is a registered trademark licensed to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
Plain Language Campaign
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 is communication that your audience can understand the first time they hear or read it.
The Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership’s Plain Language Campaign is intended to serve as a tool for a wide range of health organizations to increase the use of plain language and improve health literacy in Minnesota.
· The campaign includes several promotional and awareness building pieces:
o Key messages and talking points document
o Business case for plain language
o Social Media messaging: samples of social media messaging
o Jargon Alerts: health and insurance terms that may be confusing or misunderstood with plain language alternatives and/or descriptions
o Crossword puzzles: highlighting medical and insurance terminology and jargon
o Plain Language presentation: a PowerPoint presentation describing key information about plain language with resources and speaker notes
o Plain Pledge sign: sign to be used when participating in the #PlainPledge® (a social media campaign and registered trademark of the UAMS Center for Health Literacy)
Presentations
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Presentation and Training Tips
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Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership: An Overview
This PowerPoint presentation, which includes slides as well as speaker notes, is designed to help educate individuals and organizations about the Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership. It can be used on its own or as part of Health Literacy 101.
Training Materials
- Health numeracy toolkit
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Teach-back program
- Teach-back video
- Teach-back powerpoint presentation
- Teach-back program guide
- Click here to give us feedback on our teach-back program. Thank you!
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HeLP MN Seniors
HeLP MN Seniors is a new health literacy program to empower and educate older adults. Read more
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Health Literacy 101: Focusing on Clear Health Communications
This program is designed to help educate health professionals about health literacy and includes everything you need: presentation, activities, pre- and post-tests and more.
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Presentation
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Speaker notes
This Word document includes slides, as well as speaker notes. -
Presentation Options Guide
This Word document presents options for how to deliver the presentation in 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. -
Presentation Activities
These Word documents provide instructions for the various interactive activities included in the Health Literacy 101 presentation.
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Activities Guide
Describes the five optional activities. -
Activity 1 -
What is it like?
Experience and discuss what it is like to struggle with reading information. -
Activity 2 - Understanding the Problem
View and discuss video of real patients and the doctors who try to help them. -
Activity 3 - Practice using "Living Room" language
Convert medical terms into plain language and discuss the experience. -
Activity 4 - Practice Situations
Practice and using "living room" language, Ask Me 3 and the teach-back method and discuss the experience. -
Activity 5 - Personal Action Plan
Work on next steps and how to bring information learned back to your organization or community.
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Participant Self-Assessment – Pre and Post
These Word documents help you assess pre- and post-training participant knowledge. -
Health Literacy Training Evaluation
This Word document help you solicit participant feedback on the workshop.