National Capital Area - Society of Public Health Education (NCA-SOPHE)

Purpose: 

• Collaborate with partners and experts in the National Capital Area to improve health literacy and increase awareness and use of health education resources.

• Develop collaborative health initiatives that support healthy behaviors to improve the health and well-being of communities in the National Capital Area.

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2020-2021 Strategies:

• Promote health literacy across the DC metro area via webinars, blog posts and social media messaging.

• Build partnerships and collaborations across the health education, public health and medical communities.

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Resources:

• National Capital Area resources:

  • Maryland Environmental Literacy

  • Outdoor and Environmental Education

  • Environmental Health Literacy | UMD School of Public Health

  • Tools - Health Literacy Resources - Guides at University of Maryland Health Sciences & Human Services Library

  • Virginia Community Healthcare Association

  • Virginia Adult ESOL Health Literacy Toolkit-index

  • Aetna Health Literacy

  • Home - Health Literacy - Research Guides at Virginia Commonwealth University

  • About Health Literacy

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• Articles, Recommended Reading and Training materials

  • Health Literacy Activities by State | Health LiteracyNational Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy | health.govATSDR - Resources for the Public

  • https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/translational/peph/webinars/health_literacy/index.cfm

  • Increasing Environmental Health Literacy through Contextual Learning in Communities at Risk

  • The evolving concept of Health literacy: New directions for health literacy studies

  • Defining and measuring health literacy: what can we learn from literacy studies?

  • Investigating the effect of education on health literacy and its relation to health-promoting behaviors in health center

  • Increasing Environmental Health Literacy through Contextual Learning in Communities at Risk

  • Read "Community-Based Health Literacy Interventions: Proceedings of a Workshop" at NAP.edu

  • Promoting Health Literacy Through Defining and Measuring Quality School Health Education

  • Environmental Education (EE)

  • Health Literacy and Health Education in Schools: Collaboration for Action

  • Schools, health literacy and public health: possibilities and challenges | Health Promotion International | Oxford Academic

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Contact: healthliteracy.ncasophe@gmail.com

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