HAN 455 - Health Literacy for Public Health

Explores the ways in which health literacy impacts patient care and the delivery of community health/public health services. Students will learn the skills needed to relay, process, and explain basic health information and services to assist patients and their families to make appropriate health decisions. Examines and analyzes issues of low health literacy, including populations at risk, research, measurement tools, writing in plain language and health communication techniques.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): Restricted to students approved for appropriate senior year track in the Health Science major.