Our Work
Amel believes that health promotion is essential for healthcare systems reform towards more equity and sustainability.
Our work is geared into three directions:
First is the implementation of researches for the assessment of health literacy in different communities.
Second, improving the health literacy of the communities through health education programs. The targeted communities in the State of Colorado are school-aged children, the refugees’ communities and some healthcare facilities.
Internationally, Amel works now in Iraq in an aim to introduce the concept of health literacy into the structure of the healthcare system in Iraq.
Third, Amel is aiming to target healthcare professionals to make them part of the process of health promotion through the incorporation of health literacy into the healthcare delivery process.
Research
Our first approach is the implementation of health literacy researches to assess the level of health literacy in the communities and its impact on health outcomes.
Targeting specific groups
Our third approach is creating health literacy programs that are specifically directed to certain groups. These groups may include students in schools and their parents, elderly population, and groups that are more vulnerable to low health literacy by the impact of low education, low socioeconomic status, or cultural and lingual obstacles.
Providing health information in simple language
Health information is not necessary to be complicated. Our second approach would be to provide health information in a simple language that can reach the population of all educational levels..
Get more benefits of already available programs and resources
The fourth approach would be geared towards the awareness and cognition of what the public already has of health prevention and promotion programs by the government, the state, the public and private insurances, the community programs, and the non-governmental organizations.
Advocate for Health Literacy
Advocate for health literacy is our fifth approach. The targeted groups are healthcare providers and healthcare leaders.