Last Friday, FLC hosted its first ever Health Literacy Summit at the University of Central Florida’s Morgridge International Reading Center. About 175 professionals from the health care and education fields joined together to discuss strategies on how not only to Read more…
Category: Health Literacy
Several Florida Blue Grantees have been working with their students on healthy alternatives to household favorites. Students create recipe books and have started gardens with these new alternatives. Many students indicated in surveys at the end of the course that Read more…
Join us for the 2013 Florida Health Literacy Summit. This one-day event will provide a forum for educators, health professionals, and other interested stakeholders to engage in a dialog and share information and resources on how to effectively serve adults Read more…
Especially in Florida, summertime means sunscreen season. It’s important to protect your skin when you’re outdoors, as well as knowing how to pick the correct sunscreen and how to apply it. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, there are Read more…
The Florida Health Literacy Initiative is accepting applications for the 2013 Health Literacy Grants
. . . Florida Blue and the Florida Literacy Coalition are pleased to continue the Florida Health Literacy Initiative, providing grants up to $5,000 to support health literacy in adult ESOL and family literacy programs. Low health literacy costs between $106 to Read more…
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