4126.0 Health Literacy: Pallet of Interactions

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 10:30 AM
Oral
This session will present the importance of health literacy to productive health communication in primary care and community settings.
Session Objectives: 1. Distinguish the various settings in which health literacy is fundamental. 2. Identify the roles of health literacy in institutions, clinics, and communities.
Moderator:
Linda Fleisher, MPH

10:30 AM
Impact of Health Literacy on Patients Receiving Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
Debra Jenkins, MSN, RN, Elizabeth D. Carlson, RN, PhD, Amanda Krueger, BSN, RN and Marlene Z. Cohen, PhD, RN
  
10:45 AM
A simple plan to reach for the stars with consumer health education
Nakia J. Carter, MSIS and Rick Wallace, EdD
  
11:00 AM
"Health Talk Network" and Perceived Health Information Literacy
Yong-Chan Kim, PhD
  
11:15 AM
How the Interaction of Residents and Community Institutions Impacts Health Literacy and How It Can Leveraged to Improve Health Care Access
Matthew D. Matsaganis
11:30 AM
Highlighting the aural exchange: Examining distinct types of literacy in chronic disease management
Lindsay E. Rosenfeld, SD, SM, Rima Rudd, MSPH, ScD, Karen M. Emmons, PhD, Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, PhD, Laurie Martin, ScD, MPH and Stephen L. Buka, ScD
  

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Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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