Full course description
Community health literacy initiatives can be very effective because they are developed by and for community members, and because they reach people where they work, go to school, and live. Build relationships with partners to assess community needs to implement and evaluate health literacy initiatives.
MAP-IT Framework
This coursel uses the MAP-IT framework, created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This framework has 5 steps:
- Mobilize
- Assess
- Plan
- Implement
- Track
- Lesson 1: You’ll learn how to prepare for community partnerships by define the partnership’s focus, thinking about what you want from community partners, and identifying potential community partners. You’ll also learn how to recruit community partners and sustain these partnerships.
- Lesson 2: You’ll learn about the value of assessing community assets and needs for improving health literacy. You’ll look at some examples of these assets and needs. You’ll also learn how to conduct an assessment and review some assessment tools.
- Lesson 3: You’ll learn how to identify a goal, objectives, and strategies for your community health literacy initiative. You’ll also learn how to create a work plan for the initiative.
- Lesson 4: You’ll learn how to communicate within your project team about your community health literacy initiative. The project team is composed of the subset of your community partners who are implementing your initiative. You’ll learn how to promote the initiative with your target audience, as well as with other audiences. You’ll also learn how to help your initiative succeed during implementation.
- Lesson 5: You’ll learn how to evaluate your community health literacy initiative. You’ll also learn how to use your evaluation results.
Complete all five lessons and pass the summative exam to earn your Community Engagement digital credential.
This course takes approximately 5 hours to complete.