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Description
Health literacy is the foundation for the development ofHEEL health education program. A
deeper understanding, evaluation, and development of health literacy concepts are the focus of this
proposal. Health literacy is best understood within the relational, social, educational, and
environmental contexts Knowledge gained from the proposed intervention will inform the health
literacy work by many agencies statewide. The Health Education Leadership KY Project utilizes
the existing infrastructure of the Cooperative Extension Service to impact the health literacy of
Kentuckians. Health Education Leadership, KY Project will address health literacy by:
• Working with university-community teams to develop family focused health literacy
strategies that can be piloted in local communities utilizing community participatory research
techniques to inform not only Extension programs but primary care practices in the state.
• Providing support for Extension and other Professionals in the field addressing complex
health literacy issues by providing health literacy training, resources and access to expertise
throughout the University and Kentucky.
• Adding to the health literacy knowledge base through assessing the health literacy of
participants in HEEL pilot programs.
We will:
1. Utilize a model for family health literacy interventions with a conceptual ecological
framework identifYing the family at the center of improving health literacy.
2. Create a partnership of families, communities, Extension professionals, and University
researchers to design and implement health literacy programs at the local.
3. Utilize the Extension diffusion model to more rapidly diffuse new research findings and
health literacy programs throughout Kentucky.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 4/15/10 → 4/14/14 |
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