Understanding and mitigating low health literacy

This learning module will enhance your awareness of the challenges, consequences and costs of low health literacy among patients and service users. It will also help you to identify strategies and techniques that can be used to mitigate low health literacy and so improve poor health outcomes. Disclaimer Please note that information provided by RCNi Learning is not sufficient to ensure competence in the skill. Assessment of competence should take place in line with local practice. Practice should always align with local protocols and procedures, latest guidelines and any regulatory code. All modules should currently be viewed together with available national and local Covid-19 guidelines. For advice, go to www.rcn.org.uk/covid-19

Resource last reviewed

7 Jun 2024

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