What we set out to do
Our aim:
To increase the number of people and organisations in Dorset’s health and care system that equitably enable people to find, understand and act on health related information
Our objectives:
- To increase awareness of health literacy
- To increase people’s ability to act to address low health literacy
- To identify options for increasing the scale and impact of work to address low health literacy in Dorset
Who we’ve reached so far through this initial Phase
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people attended our health literacy webinar
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people attended the health inequalities symposium for Dorset
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people took part in the awareness raising masterclass
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people received health literacy champions training
What we’ve done so far through this initial Phase
What next?
How can the system support existing health literacy champions?
- Transition year supported by PHD through the CoP.
- Handover ongoing support to NHS Dorset health inequalities programme team.
- Progress through HIG to secure system profile and leadership.
How can we grow Dorset exemplar organisations?
- We have a window for supporting organisations become exemplars for the wider system.
- In PHD we have 4 team members trained to deliver health literacy awareness raising.
- We aim to deliver health literacy awareness raising training (lite -90 mins) to everyone in PHD this year.
How can Dorset become a health literate system?
- Influence senior leaders and decision makers.
- Roll out wider delivery of health literacy awareness training.
- Increase the number of health literacy champions trained in teach back and awareness raising training delivery.
