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Health Literacy: Enhancing Access to Health Care for Justice-Involved Individuals [Webinar]

This webinar explains:

  • what health literacy has to do with accessing health care;
  • what literacy is;
  • what health literacy is;
  • the five steps of health literacy-find health information, understand it, evaluate it, communicate it, and use it;
  • the health literacy of U.S. adults;
  • health literacy is disproportionate;
  • barriers to good health literacy;
  • what needs to be done;
  • prevalence of disease;
  • health risks following release;
  • transitional care-continuity of care;
  • barriers to care;
  • Transitions Clinic Program-patient centered and culturally competent care for returning prisoners;
  • strategies to successful engagement post-release;
  • the need for referrals to the community by criminal justice providers;
  • how to make connections between criminal justice providers and the community;
  • referrals to the community from the jail or prison;
  • referrals to the community;
  • and electronic linkages.

Health Literacy: Enhancing Access to Health Care for Justice-Involved Individuals [Webinar]