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OLET5604: Health Literacy for Better Lives
2023 unit information
An individual's health literacy has a major impact on their health and wellbeing across their life. Health literacy comprises the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of an individual to gain access to, understand, and use information to promote and maintain good health. People of lower health literacy commonly engage less frequently with the healthcare system, presenting later with illnesses, have lower adherence to medical advice and treatments, and higher mortality rates. In this unit you will learn about health literacy, how it can adversely impact populations, its measurement and applications in healthcare, and an understanding of approaches to increase health literacy. You will develop skills to use within the healthcare system and with external partners to increase levels of health literacy.
Unit details and rules
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Psychology Academic Operations
| Code | OLET5604 |
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| Academic unit | Psychology Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 2 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Define and describe health literacy
- LO2. Understand health literacy and its impacts on health
- LO3. Identify and critique models and measure of health literacy
- LO4. Evaluate models and measures of health literacy
- LO5. Develop and evaluate health literacy interventions
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