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This session will discuss why local health departments need to provide language services for people with limited English speaking ability. It will go on to assess the language needs of communities where targeted interventions or mass public health response activities are held.

Session Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be better able to: • Evaluate the potential for using critical appraisal trainings to reduce health inequities • Define appropriate levels of readability for consumer health information published on the internet. • Discuss low budget, effective methods of teaching health literacy skills to youth living in underserved areas.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)