Synchronous Activities:

Live meeting of class

Asynchronous Activities:

Read

1. Paasche-Orlow, M., & Wolf, M. S. (2007). The causal pathways linking health literacy to health outcomes. American Journal of Health Behavior, 31, S19-26. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu:2048/10.5993/AJHB.31.s1.4
2. Freedman DA, Bess KD, Tucker HA, Boyd DL, Tuchman AM & Wallston K. (2009). Public health literacy defined. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36, 446-451.
3. Howard K. Koh, Donald M. Berwick, Carolyn M. Clancy, Cynthia Baur, Cindy Brach, Linda M. Harris, and Eileen G. Zerhusen. (2012). New federal policy initiatives to boost health literacy can help the nation move beyond the cycle of costly ‘crisis care.’ Health Affairs, 31, 434-443.
4. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2016). Health Literacy Online A Guide for Simplifying the User Experience. Health literacy online. https://health.gov/healthliteracyonline/.
   • Section 1: What We Know About Users with Limited Literacy Skills
   • Health Literacy Online Strategies Checklist

Assignments (due online)

1. Respond to the DB questions under DB 3, Health Literacy.
2. Respond to at least one other student’s post.