Building Community Health Literacy With a Social Network Perspective

Advancing Health Literacy Franklin County was initiated in June 2021 with a goal of building a sustainable health literate community in Franklin County, Ohio, USA. The project was a collaboration among public health departments, health care organizations, an academic institution, and community organizations and included capacity-building over a 2-year period. Project evaluation included social network analysis mapping of organizational relationships over two project time periods to document change in this area. This brief report describes the social network analysis mapping as a project outcome, a valuable approach to advancing organizational health literacy and health equity, and a practical tool for other health literacy projects as sustainable relationships and networks are important in health literacy research and practice. [<b><i>HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice</i>. 2025;9(3):e78-e82.</b>].

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HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice
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2025-07-01
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https://doi.org/10.3928/24748307-20250224-01
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Social Media in Health Education
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Advancing Health Literacy Franklin County was initiated in June 2021 with a goal of building a sustainable health literate community in Franklin County, Ohio, USA. The project was a collaboration among public health departments, health care organizations, an academic institution, and community organizations and included capacity-building over a 2-year period. Project evaluation included social network analysis mapping of organizational relationships over two project time periods to document change in this area. This brief report describes the social network analysis mapping as a project outcome, a valuable approach to advancing organizational health literacy and health equity, and a practical tool for other health literacy projects as sustainable relationships and networks are important in health literacy research and practice. [<b><i>HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice</i>. 2025;9(3):e78-e82.</b>].

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