Assignment: One of the pivotal goals of consumer health literacy efforts is to design educational materials that attract as well as educate users. In this Assignment, you design a health information document on a topic that is of interest to you.
To prepare:
• Select a health issue of interest to you.
• Identify the audience or population that you seek to educate about this issue.
• Search the Internet to find credible sites containing information about your selected topic.
• Review the two health literacy websites listed in this week's Learning Resources. Focus on strategies for presenting information.
To complete:
1. Design an educational handout on the health issue you selected.
i. Include a cover page.
ii. Include an introduction that provides:
• An explanation of your issue and why you selected it
• A description of the audience you are addressing
iii. In the handout itself:
• Develop your handout in such a way that it attracts the attention of the intended audience.
• Include a description of the health issue and additional content that will enhance your message (i.e., key terms and definitions, graphics, illustrations, etc.).
• Recommend four or five sites that provide clear, valuable, and reliable information on the topic.