Exploring "what is health literacy"?  In a nutshell "literacy" is our ability to read and write, understand and apply the materials.  "Health literacy" is an extension of literacy...the "skills to enable access, understanding and use of information for health".

Resource materials for this podcast:

BC's Mental Health and Addictions Journal: Visions, Vol. 8 No.2 2013

Heath on the Net Foundation is an organization that is dedicated to sharing of reliable health information and the proper use of health information.  Visit www.hon.ch for more.

Visit the Media Awareness Network at www.media-awareness.ca for resources and tips on media literacy.

Visit www.mediadoctor.ca for health-related news stories that have been rated based on their reliability.

Just Health Action: www.justhealthaction.org.

New and improved HeretoHelp Websit: www.heretohelp.bc.ca  HeretoHelp.bc.ca is a dynamic website designed to communicate high-quality, trusted and accessible mental health and substand use literacy materials on behalf of the BC Parterns. Recently re-launched with a new look and feel, coupled with enhanced search and navigation, HeretoHelp.bc.ca hosts personal journeys of recovery, publications and other resources including a message board, self-tests, multilingual resources, and interactive toolkits.

WithinSight : withinsight@heretohelp.bc.ca   This free, email delivered newsletter, features BC resources about mental health,w ell-being, alcohol use, and other sustance use that are designed for multicultural and multiingual communites.  The goal of WithinSight is to bring these useful resources "within sight" of service providers and communites.

New Plainer Language Series

www.heretohelp.bc.ca/factsheet/plainer-language-series  You will find a new series of booklets that discuss mental health in plain, clear language at HeretoHelp.  The six booklets are: Tips for Good Mental Health, What is Anger, What is Anxiety, What is Mental Illness, What is Depression and What is Suicide.  Each booklet offers baground infromation, practical tips and strategies to try at home, and key resources in BC communities.  All of the booklets are recorded for readers who perfer to follow along while they read.