Fact sheet 5 - Health Literacy - Supporting staff to meet health literacy needs
A fact sheet for quality managers about improving health literacy
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This fact sheet describes how you can support your staff, through education and training, to better understand and address health literacy. Supporting staff understanding of health literacy and how to communicate effectively with people with varying health literacy needs will help you meet some of the requirements of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards.