Adopt and implement guidance, resources, and tools that promote health literacy.
As you work toward adopting and following best practices in health literacy in the organization, begin by finding strategies for moving your goals and ideas into practice.
When setting annual program goals, consider how you can:
- Improve ways to share health information in your program
- Use communication strategies that advance health literacy
- Advocate for informed decision-making
- Discuss how to help families get access to health services
Skill Development
Review Developing a Plan in Your Organization to learn steps to make an organizational plan.
Learning Activity
You can change your organizational and professional practices to make sure staff and families have access to and understand information, products, and services. Develop an organizational action plan by using Making Health Literacy Real: The Beginnings of My Organization’s Plan for Action.
Resources
Here is where you can find more information about integrating health literacy into practice:
- National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy
Discover a plan that calls for responses from all sectors involved in health information and services. - Making Health Communication Programs Work
This book describes a practical approach for planning and carrying out health communication efforts. - The CDC Clear Communication Index
Explore research-based criteria to develop and assess public communication products.
Last Updated: March 4, 2024