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Our Mission - Empowering people to better health

The Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA) produces an annual continuing education Health Literacy Conference for healthcare professionals and educators to teach them about health literacy, best practices, innovative programs, and how to improve their patient education ... We offer a Health Literacy Rewrite and Redesign Service to make your health education materials easier to use and more understandable to your patients...Our "What To Do For Health" book series features easy-to-read and use healthcare information on caring for yourself and your loved ones ... We administer the Leonard Doak Memorial Scholarship Fund, providing intensive health literacy training to health educators living and working in underserved areas ... We partner with Friends of Family Health Center, a licensed community health center, on health and wellness efforts in our community ... Outreach and social services are delivered to the community through our La Habra Family Resource Center, including home visits, insurance assistance, case management, referrals and education.

Watch our video on what IHA is doing in Health Literacy:


Click the lower right corner of the box to watch this video full screen, or go here to watch it on YouTube.

Please visit our "Health Literacy Matters" website and download
free, easy to read patient education materials: www.ihahealthliteracy.org and click on Patient Education Materials


Here are our major programs and services...

 

Conference starts Wednesday, but there's still time to register. Our 12th Annual Health Literacy Conference, May 8-10, 2013 will be held at the Hyatt Regency, Irvine, California! Rooms at the Hyatt are sold out. Click here to reserve a room at the Residence Inn across the street. Sign up to get updates on the conference.  

 

We partner with Friends of Family Health Center, a licensed community health center, on health and wellness efforts in our community. 


 
We publish easy-to-read 'What to Do For Health' books, used by the states of California and S. Dakota, health plans, Head Starts, health departments, and more. See who's using these books, what's inside, and how research shows they help reduce emergency room visits and costs
 

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