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Understanding Health Literacy to Improve Diabetes Outcomes

Year Developed: 2020

Resource Type: Archived Webinar.

Primary Audience: Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff
Secondary Audience: Administrative Staff Board of Directors C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, COOs, CMOs, etc) PCAs

Language(s): English

Developed by: Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: This is the second webinar of the Special and Vulnerable Populations - Diabetes Task Force's 2020 National Learning Series. This session is focused on health literacy in diabetes and is part one of a four-part webinar series on effective strategies to prevent, treat, and manage diabetes among special and vulnerable health center program patients.

Resource Details: After watching this webinar, participants will be able to: 1) Explain the importance of health literacy for successful self-management of chronic conditions; 2) Describe the impact of low health literacy has on diabetes prevention and outcomes among patients from special and vulnerable populations; 3) Develop practical strategies to communicate health information and help patients build health literacy skills over time

Resource Topic: Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Diabetes, Enabling Services (ES), Patient Engagement.

Keywords: Agricultural Workers , Case Studies, Older Adults (Elders/Elderly).

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $6,625,000 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.