Please note
These sessions are for NSW Health staff. All sessions are held online via Microsoft Teams.
Session information
Did you know you need to write for a year 7 level or less to meet health literacy needs?
We are holding sessions to help you make health information easier to understand. Sessions will provide guidance on creating communications for people with disability, neurodiversity and low literacy. They will also explore ways you can make information more accessible for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and Aboriginal communities.
Sessions will include resources and tools to help you develop your own accessible communications. You will get information on plain English, Easy Read, alternative text, captions, transcripts, audio descriptions and Auslan. We will discuss cultural and language differences that may impact a person's understanding or interpretation of information.
You will also hear from the
Statewide Health Literacy Hub about the Electronic Patient Communication Portal (ePCP). This is an evidence-based system that can help you develop communications to meet health literacy standards.
More than 90% of attendee survey respondents have said they are likely to apply what they have learnt to their work moving forward.
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