OWL Voyagers™

OWL Voyagers represents the adult tier of the OWL Academy health literacy pathway. It is designed for adults navigating the real-world health decisions, responsibilities, and challenges that arise throughout young and middle adulthood. The program supports both individuals seeking greater confidence in managing their health and organizations committed to supporting the well-being of the people and communities they serve.

OWL Voyagers is designed for:

• Adults ages 18+ seeking practical, accessible health literacy skills

• Employers wanting to strengthen workforce wellness, reduce preventable health risks, and support employee well‑being

• Community organizations focused on improving population health outcomes

• Public health agencies offering adult education or wellness programming

• Individuals who want to better understand their health, navigate care systems, and make informed choices

Voyagers meets adults where they are, whether entering the workforce, raising families, managing chronic conditions, or simply wanting to live healthier.

OWL Voyagers helps adults become more confident and capable health navigators. The program emphasizes practical skills that can support everyday decisions, conversations, and actions throughout adulthood.

OWL Voyagers Helps Participants:

• Find and evaluate health information from reliable and trustworthy sources.
• Understand health information and consider what it means in the context of everyday life.
• Communicate more effectively with healthcare professionals, family members, and others about health needs and concerns.
• Ask informed questions and seek clarification when health information is unclear.
• Navigate healthcare resources and services with greater awareness and confidence.
• Recognize personal, social, workplace, and environmental influences on health and well-being.
• Make informed health and wellness decisions by considering information, options, and potential consequences.
• Set meaningful wellness goals and take practical action toward healthier behaviors.
• Take greater ownership of personal health while knowing when and where to seek appropriate support.
• Apply health literacy beyond the individual by sharing knowledge and encouraging healthier workplaces, families, and communities.

Whether enrolling as an individual or offering OWL Voyagers through an organization, participants gain access to engaging health literacy learning experiences designed for real-life application.

Participants and Organizations May Receive:

• Individual or Group Online Access: Flexible access designed for personal learning or organizational implementation.
• Self‑paced learning modules designed for busy adults
• Engaging Learning Experiences — Practical, relevant lessons that connect health literacy to everyday adult life.
• Video-Based Education: Clear and accessible learning experiences designed to support understanding and application.
• Practical Health Literacy Resources: Tools and learning materials that help participants connect information with informed action.
• Flexible Organizational Implementation: Opportunities for employers, community organizations, and wellness initiatives to incorporate health literacy into existing employee wellness initiatives, professional development, or community outreach efforts.
• Workplace and Community Application: Learning that can support personal well-being while contributing to healthier workplaces and communities.
• Optional facilitator guides for organizations offering group-based wellness sessions.
• Flexible enrollment options for individuals, employers, and community programs.

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OWL Voyagers provides a practical opportunity to make health literacy an accessible part of individual growth, employee well-being, and community health initiatives.

OWL Voyagers explores the practical knowledge and health literacy skills adults need to chart their course toward optimal health. The program reflects key principles of health literacy guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including the importance of making health information understandable, accessible, and actionable. CDC defines personal health literacy as the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions.

Through practical, real-world learning experiences, Voyagers helps adults move from simply receiving health information to understanding it, evaluating it, communicating about it, and using it to make informed decisions and take meaningful action.

• Understanding where you are and where you want to go

• Understanding preventive care and routine health services

• Navigating the healthcare system

• Personal health management and preventive care

• Considering cost, access, insurance, convenience, and other practical factors

• Mental health, stress, and emotional resilience

• Communicating health needs and concerns

• Nutrition, movement, and sustainable lifestyle habits

• Digital wellness and media literacy

• Workplace wellness and professional well‑being

• Community health and civic engagement

• …and so much more.

Individuals can enroll in OWL Voyagers to strengthen their personal health literacy and develop greater confidence in managing their health and wellness.

Organizations and employers can offer OWL Voyagers as part of employee wellness, health education, professional development, or broader workforce well-being initiatives. This provides an opportunity to strengthen individual health literacy while supporting a workplace culture that values clearer, more accessible, and actionable health information.

Community organizations can incorporate OWL Voyagers into health and wellness initiatives designed to strengthen community health literacy, encourage informed decision-making, and contribute to improved population health outcomes. This broader organizational and community focus reflects CDC guidance recognizing that improving health literacy requires individuals, organizations, and communities to work together.

OWL Voyagers helps adults chart their course from health information to understanding, from understanding to informed decisions, and from informed decisions to meaningful action, supporting a lifelong journey toward optimal health.