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Table 2 Course Content and Structure

From: Incorporating health literacy in education for socially disadvantaged adults: an Australian feasibility study

Day

Being Healthy Teacher Manual 1

Day

Staying Healthy Teacher Manual 2

1

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Baseline assessment

2

2.1 Getting involveda

2.2 Food groups

3

3.1 Taking temperaturea

3.2 Checking medicine labelsa

4

4.1 Food labelsa

5

5.1 Prescriptions

5.2 Dosage and timing

6

6.1 Nutritional informationa

7

7.1 Health workers

7.2 Telling your doctor what is wrong

8

8.1 Food temperature safety

8.2 Food date safety

9

9.1 Asking questionsa

9.2 Immunisation and health screening

10

10.1 What is a portion?

10.2 Budgeting

11

11.1 Talking to your doctor

11.2 Answering your doctor’s questions

12

12.1 Understanding a diet

12.2 Drinking enough fluids

13

13.1 Completing medical forms

13.2 Emergency services

14

14.1 Heart rate and pulse

15

15.1 Advice from pharmacist

15.2 Follow written instructions

16

16.1 Being active

16.2 First aid demonstrations

17

17.1 Saving lives

18

18.1 Revision

19

19.1 Following emergency instructions

20

20.1 Post assessment

  1. aCore topic