HCS 330 - Healthcare Literacy and Advocacy

This course emphasizes scholarly research and writing skills to develop a healthcare literacy project proposal. National goals and implementation strategies for health literacy in contemporary society are explored and applied to a project plan. A scaffolding approach is used to create a multi-faceted educational written project proposal. Ethical issues surrounding social determinants of health and the barriers to healthcare literacy faced by underserved populations are integrated. Selected topics impacting healthcare literacy will be explored.

Credits: 3

Class Level Junior Undergraduate
Program Undergraduate