Better Together – Learning Zone

This area of the hub is where you will find resources and practical supports to help build the skills, confidence and tools needed to be effective partners in health care. This page will be updated with more learning tools that will help people with the different levels of partnership that are in HSE Better Together Roadmap. Use the navigation below to explore guides that will help with Health literacy that will help us work together in partnership.

Let’s talk about health literacy

A literacy awareness eLearning course

What is it about?
To introduce health literacy and give tips on using health services.

Who the course is for:
Everyone who uses health and social care services.

Aim of the course:

  • It will take you about 25 minutes to do the course.
  • This course does not save your progress or answers. We recommend you do the course in one sitting.
  • The course might work differently on a computer, tablet or smartphone.

The course looks at:

  1. What is health literacy?
  2. What is a literacy friendly health service?
  3. Tips when using health services.
  4. Resources and next steps.

At the end of this course, you will:

  • Be aware of health literacy needs.
  • Understand the impact of health literacy needs.
  • Know about using a literacy friendly approach.
  • Learn about practical tips when using health services.

Let’s talk about health literacy course

To introduce health literacy and give tips on using health services.

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