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Health Literacy - Examining the link between poor literacy and poor health outcomes
17/03/2010 10:00
17/03/2010 15:30
This is an important opportunity to learn from practitioners in literacy, numeracy and health and to hear about work in progress to improve our understanding of health literacy.
See attached flyer for more information and link below to book a place online.
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Resources for literacy-sensitive practice
Plain English campaign guides
Teaching patients with low literacy skills
Literacy Audit for Healthcare Settings
Glasgow’s Learning Equalities Online Toolkit
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ESOL Scotland
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Skills for Health launch staff assessment tools
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Carson, Catriona
01/02/2010 09:53
Skills for Health have launched literacy and numeracy Initial Assessment Tools. These can be used to find out the levels of literacy and numeracy staff are operating at. Understanding this will help you to support your staff and unlock their potential,...
HMIE report on adult literacy
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Carson, Catriona
29/01/2010 09:08
HMIE’s report “Improving Adult Literacy in Scotland: An evaluation of adult literacy provision delivered by colleges, local authority community learning and development services and prisons in Scotland”
Health Literacy – A Scoping Study
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Carson, Catriona
05/01/2010 10:13
The Health Improvement Strategy Division of the Scottish Government commissioned a proposal for ‘Health Literacy – A Scoping Study’. The main purpose of the study was to identify and examine current approaches to health literacy, and to identify options...
Fifth of Scots have poor literacy
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Hutchinson, John (administrator)
04/12/2009 12:04
A commission set up to tackle literacy problems in Scottish schools has found almost one in five Scots has difficulty with reading and writing.
Read the full story on the BBC News website:
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Learning Journeys - Tuesday
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