The Bridge to Understanding: Building Accessibility into Health Literate Materials -An Introduction

Overview
Increasingly, patients receive information on their smartphones, via websites, or through electronic health records. But even expertly-written, well-designed materials might inadvertently include content that is partially or entirely inaccessible to users with disabilities. In this session, we'll cover issues users often face and common practices that lead to digital inaccessibility in Microsoft Work and PowerPoint. Attendees will learn basic techniques to create meaningful visuals and content that are screenreader-friendly, while still employing health-literate practices. To augment the session, we'll also provide a resource list and links to accessible templates.

Speaker
Kelli Ham, MLIS University of California, Los Angeles

Handouts
The Bridge to Understanding

Video

IHA Health Literacy Conference
2020
Communication
Language, Culture & Diversity
Audience
Health Educators and Patient Educators, Communication and Plain-Language Professionals, Librarians and Information Professionals
Setting
Digital Health and Telehealth
Level
Foundational