Health Care Literacy Task Force

September 16, 2019 | 9–11 am | at the Hillsboro Jefferson County Health Department (JCHD)

1. Convene partners to create a collaborative approach to improving Health Literacy.
2. Identify needs for improvement around Health Literacy.
3. Develop strategies to address the needs identified in Goal 2.

• The task force designed a 14 question survey to get feedback from organizations about the health information they are delivering.
• Over 50 people responded to the survey!
• The task force analyzed the results and decided they need more information about the client side of health literacy.
• The task force reviewed client feedback the Health Department had previously gathered.
• The task force identified that people take in information very differently and they discussed ways to bridge the gaps.

• The task force is working on a Community Health Worker model that will address the gaps the task force identified through the feedback and survey review.
• The task force is discussing the logistics of this model and next steps.

Join JCHN! Join a task force! For more information, contact Jaclyn Brown at jaclyn.brown@jeffcohealth.org.