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Three steps to meeting health literacy needs | Ngā toru hīkoi e mōhiotia ai te hauora

19th December, 2023

A cartoon of a nurse and a consumer talkingOur new guide for health care professionals provides a process for you to follow with every person in every health care discussion. The three-step process will help you reinforce the useful knowledge and skills people already have, identify and build the knowledge and skills they need and check you’ve been effective at doing so. The guide builds on our earlier popular publication, Three steps to better health literacy.

You can order hard copies of this resource here  (select 'resource catalogue' then 'consumer engagement resources').