Health Literacy Online is a guide to simplify the user experience. This research-based guide help build intuitive health websites that are easy to access and understand for users.
Type of Material:
Development Tool
Recommended Uses:
Discuss and apply each section as homework
Refer to the guide when producing health documents
Support individual and team content creators and developers
Technical Requirements:
works in Windows browsers
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Users will learn how to:
Prioritize the information needs & preferences of end users
Establish end users as co-creators of web products
Design for various screen sizes and mobile devices
Prepare content for users with limited literacy users
Target Student Population:
Professional; pre- and in-service health professionals; pre- and in-service information professionals
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
basic ICT and health literacies
Ability to design resources in a web environment
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Developed by the federal Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, this guide provides research-based, authoritative guidelines. This revised edition (2nd.) of the guide updates overall content with the addition of mobile device considerations. Included are in-depth chapters on writing, displaying, organizing, and developing engaging content for end users. Substantial examples are available throughout, along with testing information for various aspects of completed work. All chapters include summaries and there is a well documented list of resources and an annotated bibliography. The guide is a stand-alone publication that may be used flexibly: as course material or reference tool. Furthermore, its strategies are applicable to non-health subject matter. Links work and are appropriately attributed.
Concerns:
no concerns
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
This guide serves as an excellent resource for designing health literacy web sites. As such, its learning objectives reflect important ICT literacy standards. The guide begins by discussing users with limited literacy skills, and how that impacts documenting health information. Chapters build upon one another and demonstrate relationships between each chapter; linked resources enable users to learn at a deeper level. It also includes checklists which will prove useful as creators and developers move through each chapter when developing their resources, resulting in efficient learning. The guide's structure facilitates the design of assignments. The guide's use if applicable to academic and professional life.
Concerns:
no concerns
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The guide is written clearly and looks professionally appealing. Users can easily navigate the document independently, as the document models its own guidance when devloping website content. The entire site can be searched for specific information and is set up to be printer-friendly Guidance is also provided to help users with veiwers and players, which reinforces its ADA-compliant status.
Concerns:
no concerns
Creative Commons:
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