Course: Education

Build the skills to teach clearly, design evidence-based health content, and promote health literacy in both individual and group education settings.

Education is a 5-module, self-paced course that addresses practices related to the educational needs of a particular group or individual, including learning preferences, and developing appropriate plans to meet these needs. Learners explore how to meet the needs of community members, individuals with limited literacy/health literacy proficiency, and professional audiences. It also includes numeracy, or the ability to use, understand, and compute numbers, as well as communicating and understanding/ interpreting risk (5 CECHs).

This course is part of IHA’s Health Literacy Specialist Certificate Program, but is available to complete individually to develop specific skill sets. Group discounts available for teams of 5 or more (tiered pricing based on number of participants), please use the team enrollment form for a custom quote.

Why This Course Matters

Across clinical, community, and public-facing settings, the ability to teach clearly and tailor information to diverse learners is essential for improving understanding and supporting safer care. This course provides the skills to assess learning needs, design accessible education materials, and deliver effective health literacy education programs. You’ll gain practical strategies you can apply immediately—whether educating patients one-on-one, leading group programs, creating low-literacy content, or training healthcare staff.

What You’ll Be Able to Do

After completing this course, you’ll know how to:

  • Assess and address individual learning needs and preferences
  • Create evidence-based health content for low-literacy audiences
  • Tailor written materials and gather audience feedback
  • Reduce numeracy demands using best practices
  • Design community health literacy education programs
  • Mobilize and assess community partners and assets
  • Develop introductory health literacy training for healthcare providers

How to Enroll

Standard Price: $200

Current Online Price: $120 with discount code WBED424

Enroll today for $120 and save $80 (40%) from the regular program price of $200. Use the following code at checkout: WBED424.

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What’s Inside the Curriculum

Note: This course takes approximately 5 hours to complete.

Learn how to assess and address individual learning needs and preferences to improve understanding and engagement.

Understand what low literacy is, how to ensure health content is evidence-based, how to tailor materials for low-literacy audiences, and how to gather and use audience feedback.

Learn 4 best practices for reducing numeracy demands and 2 best practices for supporting patients and clients who must complete numeracy-related actions.

Explore how to develop community health literacy education programs, mobilize partners, assess community assets and needs, and plan the program.

Learn how to develop a foundational health literacy training for healthcare providers covering:

  • Health literacy
  • Plain language
  • Teach-back

Learning Objectives

  1. Create clear, evidence-based health information that meets people’s learning needs.
  2. Design and deliver effective community health literacy education programs.
  3. Teach health literacy principles to healthcare providers in practical, actionable ways.

Earn Continuing Education Credits and a Digital Badge

5 Continuing Education Credits in the following categories:

  • CHES/MCHES (Category 1 Continuing Education Contact Hours) from NCHEC, Provider #101864
  • CEs for Nurses outside of California
  • California Nurses CEs from The California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 11933
  • CPH Recertification Credits from National Board of Public Health Examiners’

Digital Badge

Upon completion, you’ll earn an Education digital badge—see FAQ About Digital Badges for complete info.

Take the next step in strengthening your ability to teach clearly, design accessible content, and support safer care across all education settings.

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