233817 Patient access to useable health information: Innovative health literacy projects

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

Elizabeth Wilson, PhD , Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
     
Health literacy has more recently been viewed as one potentially modifiable target for addressing healthcare equity in the United States and abroad. However, few evidence-based interventions to educate and activate patients across literacy levels are available, and innovative strategies are needed. A review of select, highly innovative, health literacy projects involving various tactics to provide patients access to usable health information in a timely manner and promote behavior change will be critiquely discussed. These will include such topics as medication education and reconciliation, chronic disease management, and informed decision making.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify the four targets for intervention for mitigating the impact of low literacy on healthcare outcomes. 2. Explain how health technology, broadly defined, can be used to not only deliver health information to patients, but motivate for behavior change, and track progress over time.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: My background is on the topic of memory and aging among cognitively healthy older adults within the context of health care. I work with the Health Literacy and Learning Program as a co-investigator on various projects relating to health literacy, cognition, and the management of chronic conditions.
Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
Abbott Labs Grant Funding Employment (includes retainer)

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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