141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Health Literacy and Innovative Approaches to Improving Health (Organized by HCWG)

Monday, November 4, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral
This session will examine innovative strategies for improving health literacy among diverse populations.
Session Objectives: Explain the role and importance of health literacy in enabling individuals to make appropriate health decisions. Discuss a systems based approach for enhancing health literacy.
Moderator:
Carmen Velez-Vega, PhD, MSW

4:30pm
Enhancing health literacy in adults with chronic disease: A systems approach   
Kathryn Cardarelli, PhD, Anissa Carbajal-Diaz, MPH, CHES, Kim Linnear, MPA, Marcela Nava, LMSW, Andrea Spencer, MLS and Roberto Cardarelli, DO, MPH
     
     
4:45pm
Impacting navigation of the health care system through health literacy intervention program- a pilot study with homeless families in transitional supportive housing   
Virginia McCarthy, DNP, ARNP, PHN, RN
     
5:00pm
Improving health outcomes through health literacy and integrative health: The canyon ranch institute life enhancement program   
Chuck Palm, MPH, Andrew Pleasant, PhD, Jennifer Cabe, MA, Paloma Hernandez, MS, MPH, Debbie Lester, LMSW, Samuel DeLeon, MD, Amy Michael, Martha Gragg, RN MSN, Colleen Cross, MA, Nancy Johnson, RN PhD, Julia Strange, Mary Atkinson, RD and Richard Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS
     
5:15pm
Media use, health information seeking, and health literacy for adolescents   
Jennifer A. Manganello, PhD, MPH
5:30pm
Strategies for implementing and evaluating SEPA-reads (Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Education Addressing Disconnects in Cardiovascular Communication)   
Martha Romney, RN, MS, JD, MPH, Rickie O. Brawer, PhD,MPH, James Plumb, MD, MPH, Robert Simmons, DrPH, MPH, MCHES, CPH and Lesley Stearns, MBA

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition, Cancer Forum

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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