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Session: Health Literacy as a Pathway to a Better Informed Public and Improved Health Outcomes
3008.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Health Literacy as a Pathway to a Better Informed Public and Improved Health Outcomes
This session will discuss the many activities that HHS agencies are pursuing in the area of health literacy. The moderator will provide an overview of health literacy activities at HHS, including the Healthy People 2010 objective on health literacy, and agency representatives will discuss their specific activities. The panel will discuss not only implementation but also evaluation approaches being used. The moderator is Cynthia Baur, the lead for the health literacy objective. Panelists are Dr. Christine Prue from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Captain Jan Drass from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Drs. Alice Horowitz and Susan Martin from the National Institutes of Health; and Captain Kerry Nesseler from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Learning Objectives: Discuss activities HHS agencies are pursuing in the area of health literacy. Articulate the importance of health literacy to improved health outcomes.
8:30 AMHealth Literacy as a Pathway to a Better Informed Public and Improved Health Outcomes  [ Recorded presentation ]
Susan Martin, PhD, CAPT Jan Drass, RN, MA, CDE, Cynthia Baur, PhD, Suzanne (Suzi) Gates, MPH, Alice Horowitz, PhD, MPH, Captain Kerry Page Nesseler, RN, MS, Christine Prue, MSPH, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:APHA-Innovations Project
Endorsed by:Health Administration
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA