9a.m. - 12 noon
Virtual Conference
Optional 1 hour session to follow:
"Forming a statewide health literacy coalition:
Lessons Learned from OHLP"
8:55a.m. Welcome
Karen Komondor
President, Ohio Health Literacy Partners
Provider Resources
9:00a.m.
Implications for Health Literacy During Times of Crisis
Health Literacy in Support of Social Justice – Removing Barriers to Information, Care, and Services
10:00a.m.
Opening Session
Health Literacy and Emergency Preparedness: Implications for Organizations
Dr. Rima E. Rudd
Senior Lecturer on Health Literacy, Education, and Policy
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
11:00a.m.
Continuing education credits provided for:
Nursing, Social Work, and CHES.
Also Dentists and Registered Dental Hygienists licensed in the State of OH.
Dr. Cynthia Baur
Director of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy
University of Maryland
School of Public Health
In partnership with
8:30a.m. Sign-on/Registration begins
12:00p.m. Break
Organization Resources
12:15p.m. "Forming a statewide health literacy coalition: Lessons Learned from OHLP"
Facilitated by: Dr. Sandra Cornett, OHLP Secretary
Karen Komondor, BSN RN
Director Organizational Development and Health Literacy Institute
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland Ohio
President, Ohio Health Literacy Partners
Effective Risk Communication as the Antidote to Covid-19 Misinformation
Optional 1 hour session to follow: