The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
3359.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 8:30 PM-10:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
| |||
This session will provide an overview of the critical role of effective communication in health care. Presentations will address the impact of people's health literacy on health outcomes, targeted public health messages for the community, and barriers to effective information exchange between and among health professionals. | |||
Learning Objectives: 1. To recognize the essential role communications play in public health and clinical care today 2. To recognize the critical role of health literacy in the community and strategies for enhancement 3. To identify diverse health care communication vehicles, effective strategies and standards | |||
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
Jo Anne Bennett, PHD | |||
Assessing health literacy in community settings Sr. Rosemary Donley, PhD, RN, C-ANP, Sr. Mary Jean Flaherty, PhD, RN, FAAN, Eileen Sarsfield, MSN, RN, Heidi Maloni, MSN, RN, CRNP | |||
Look no further than your own neighborhood: Partnering with community members to produce public service announcements Mary Ellen T. Miller, MSN, RN, Ann Walker, MSN, RN, Katherine K. Kinsey, PhD, RN, FAAN, Tonya Ellis, MA | |||
Designing tailored messages to promote cancer screening Diane Ruth Lauver, PhD RN FAAN, Judith Egan, MS RN | |||
Negotiating Health Care with a Managed Care Corporation when Benefits have been Denied Carol G. Williams, D N Sc, R, Judith W. Pollmann, BSN, MED, PhD | |||
Preventing patient error: Changing organizational culture through nurse-doctor communication Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, Peter J. Minich, MD, PhD | |||
Organized by: | Public Health Nursing | ||
Endorsed by: | Gerontological Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work |