Health Literacy is “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.” (Affordable Care Act, 2010)

Tools & Resources

Kentucky Health Insurance Literacy Training Modules

module one

module two

module three

Tools for Teaching

These materials have been developed and used by Health Literacy Kentucky members over the past several years. We encourage you to adapt and use them with community and professionals in your area! We’d love to know about updates you make and audiences that you reach. Each button links to a .zip file with all the materials for each toolset.

for community members

for teens

for professionals

About Us

Health Literacy Kentucky (HLK) is a statewide coalition working for a healthier commonwealth through improved health literacy. We are a group of advocates, health care professionals, and academic partners who have been volunteering and promoting health literacy initiatives together since 2009.

Health Literacy Kentucky works to:

Encourage cross-discipline partnerships for health literacy programs across the state
Raise awareness of the issues related to health literacy in communities across the state
Provide training for healthcare professionals and healthcare systems
Foster the development of ongoing health literacy research in Kentucky
Share Kentucky-specific health literacy challenges, interventions, successes, and failures