Conference

Dr. Cynthia Baur

Director of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy

University of Maryland

School of Public Health

Provider Resources

9:00a.m.

10:00a.m.

Opening Session

Optional 1 hour session to follow:

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

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

Silver

12:00p.m. Break

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

Conference Sponsor

Conference Materials

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

8:55a.m. Welcome

Karen Komondor, BSN RN

Director Organizational Development and Health Literacy Institute

St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland Ohio

President, Ohio Health Literacy Partners

Continuing education credits provided for:

Nursing, Social Work, and CHES.

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

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11:00a.m.

Conference 2019

Organization Resources

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

Karen Komondor

President, Ohio Health Literacy Partners

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

Agenda

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.

In partnership with

Contributing

Great Lakes Health Literacy Conference 2020:

Implications for Health Literacy During Times of Crisis

ConferenceSponsors

Friday, October 9, 2020

9a.m. - 12 noon

Virtual Conference