Friday, October 9, 2020

9a.m. - 12 noon

Virtual Conference


Optional 1 hour session to follow:

​"Forming a statewide health literacy coalition:

Lessons Learned from OHLP"
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8:55a.m.              Welcome

Health Literacy in Support of Social Justice – Removing Barriers to Information, Care, and Services

  • Participants will be able to define four key components of health literacy.
  • Participants will be able to identify at least 3 literacy related barriers to accessible information.
  • Participants will be able to identify at least 3 literacy related barriers to health care and services.
  • Participants will be able to describe at least 4 mechanisms for improving health literacy. 

10:00a.m.

Opening Session

Effective Risk Communication as the Antidote to Covid-19  Misinformation

  • ​​List at least 3 principles of effective risk communication
  • State 2 examples of COVID-19 misinformation 
  • Describe at least 2 ways health literacy practitioners can address misinformation 

Contributing 

Conference Sponsor

11:00a.m.

Silver

Provider Resources

Conference Materials

Health Literacy and Emergency Preparedness: Implications for Organizations

  • Participants will be able to describe steps for planning emergent staff and patient communication
  • Participants will be able to identify implications for movement to tele-health
  • Participants will be able to discuss effects of crisis interventions on mental health

8:30a.m.               Sign-on/Registration begins

9:00a.m.

Building Health Literacy in Ohio: The Inaugural

Ohio Health Literacy Partners Conference


Friday, October 4, 2019​
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m
Ashland University
401 College Avenue
Ashland, OH 44805


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​Conference 2019

ConferenceSponsors

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

Optional 1 hour session to follow:
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Karen Komondor

President, Ohio Health Literacy Partners

Organization Resources

12:15p.m.               "Forming a statewide health literacy coalition: Lessons Learned from OHLP"
​                                                  Facilitated by: Dr. Sandra Cornett, OHLP Secretary

12:00p.m.                 Break

In partnership with

Continuing education credits provided for:

​Nursing, Social Work, and CHES.

​Also Dentists and Registered Dental Hygienists licensed in the State of OH.

Agenda

                                         

                                                                                             

 Great Lakes Health Literacy Conference 2020:

Implications for Health Literacy During Times of Crisis

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Dr. Cynthia Baur

Director of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy

University of Maryland

School of Public Health 

Karen Komondor,  BSN RN

​​Director Organizational Development and Health Literacy Institute

St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland Ohio

​President, Ohio Health Literacy Partners

Ohio Health Literacy Partners