Full program description
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This powerful learning experience brings together:
- IHA’s Health Literacy Specialist Certificate
Communication Micro-Credential; and - IHA’s PlainLanguage Pro Training
Program Content includes:
1. IHA’s Health Literacy Specialist Certificate Communication Course:
This training teaches the use of plain language principles into any form of communication. It also includes assessing materials to see if they are understandable, actionable, and usable, and assessing key characteristics of the communication’s intended audience. It also covers best practices, such as working with subject matter experts and eliciting end-user feedback in an iterative process to improve communication.
2. IHA’s PlainLanguage Pro Training:
PlainLanguage Pro expands on IHA’s Health Literacy Specialist Communication course, providing additional knowledge, assessment, and writing skills for the implementation of health literacy principles for consumer facing documents. The course equips both novice and experienced professionals with plain language practices to create, evaluate, and refine effective health literacy materials that are easier for all readers to understand and use.
- Essential communication skills to promote health literacy and understanding.
- How to identify communication needs and interests among unique audiences.
- Practical skills for applying plain language strategies and teach-back to your communication to improve engagement and compliance.
- Hands-on experience creating and assessing written health materials that are easy to read and use.
- Essential knowledge and skills that help you stand out as an expert health communicator in your field.