National NHS Knowledge and Library Services Community of Practice. Sharing health literacy best practice, innovations and initiatives.
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HealthLitKLS retweeted
🕵️♀️ Unmask the truth. Protect your health.
The #MisinformationUnMASKED campaign helps the public spot fake health info using 7 simple checks.
📚 Ask a librarian. Trust evidence. Check the date.
🔗 library.nhs.uk/health-inform…
#HealthLiteracy #NHSUnmasked
Discussing #HealthLiteracy with an Information Designer healthliteracyoutloud.com/20…
#HealthLiteracy interventions and health literacy-related outcomes for older adults: a systematic review bmchealthservres.biomedcentr…
HealthLitKLS retweeted
How does health literacy contribute to early detection of illness?
Read more- ow.ly/hipO50WP1Yq
#HealthAwareness #PreventiveCare #doctoradvice #thipmedia
🌍💡 Digital health & AI are reshaping healthcare—but without digital #healthliteracy, progress stalls.
#DigitalHealthEquity
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Join us and visit @elmo's World to discover valuable #HealthLit lessons for helping your audiences learn something new: communicatehealth.com/wehear…
🧠📚 Health Information Hubs have arrived in East Dunbartonshire libraries!
Trusted advice, local support, and wellbeing resources — right where you need them.
Pop in, power up your health! 💙 #HealthHubs #LibrariesForWellbeing #healthliteracy msn.com/en-gb/money/other/in…
HealthLitKLS retweeted
This week, we’re revisiting our interview with Julia Votto, Associate Director of Innovative Projects at the Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania (@PennEidos). Check out the conversation:
communicatehealth.com/wehear… #HealthLiteracy
HealthLitKLS retweeted
☀️ July is UV Awareness Month! Swipe for a #PlainLanguageWordSwap. Plain language helps everyone learn how to stay safe from harmful UV rays! #UVSafety #PlainLanguage #HealthLiteracy #SkinHealth #UVAwareness
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This brief report describes the social network analysis mapping as a project outcome, a valuable approach to advancing organizational health literacy and health equity.
Read for FREE: tinyurl.com/437k6wty
#health #healthliteracy #healthresearch
People are using AI to:
🧠 Learn about #health conditions
❓ Make sense of symptoms
✅ Ask what to do next
📖 Understand #medical terms
But when it comes to your health, trusted info matters.
Start with a source you can trust ✅nhs.uk/health-a-to-z/ @NHSuk
Confused by health advice online? 😕😵💫🤯
Find info and services to help you manage your #health — with confidence. nhs.uk/ Combat #misinformation with a source you can trust.
More people are turning to generative AI for health advice.
But one wrong answer could do real harm.
🧠🤖💊 Proceed with caution. #HealthLiteracy theconversation.com/more-peo…
A big thank you to all the speakers and participants at today’s Health Literacy Community of Practice meeting.
Your insights sparked ideas, conversations, and connections that will carry forward.
#HealthLiteracy #CommunityOfPractice #CollaborationMatters
📚 Regular reading = real benefits!
✨ Better mental health
😴 Improved sleep
💪 Greater resilience in tough times
Just a few pages a day can make a big difference.
#ReadForWellbeing #MentalHealth #Bibliotherapy #HealthLiteracy @readingagency
#misinformation UNMASKED - the tool for combatting Misinformation youtube.com/watch?v=bEhz-lSE… Please fill in this survey to let us know if or how you have used the animation so far forms.office.com/pages/respo… #HealthLiteracy
🚨 #Misinformation is dangerous — it spreads fast, fuels confusion, and can harm public health.
🔍 Arm yourself with the facts. Use Misinformation UnMASKED to spot, verify, and challenge false info library.nhs.uk/wp-content/up…
Knowledge is power. Use it.
#HealthLiteracy
