Stake Your Claim to Health Literacy
If the topics of health literacy or health information literacy are not yet on your radar, you have another opportunity at the NCNMLG - MLGSCA - PNC/MLA Joint Meeting 2004 to find out more about them, and about how you can become involved in enhancing these literacies in your health information environment.
Sponsored by the Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library, the day-long, regional symposium will focus on language and cultural access to health information. The goals for the symposium are to build on the foundation provided by the recent MLA satellite teleconference, Reading Between the Lines: Focusing on Health Information Literacy; to provide participants with practical tools and skills, and to help them identify specific actions they can take in support of clear communication and improving access to resources that are linguistically and culturally appropriate.
Preliminary Program
| 8-9 AM | Registration/Continental Breakfast |
| 9-9:30 | Opening Speakers - Neil Rambo (NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region)/TBA - Overview; needs statement to incorporate information and health literacy; MLA organizational response/NLM response and upcoming initiatives |
| 9:30-10:30 | Keynote Address - Dean Schillinger, MD (Soros Foundation Fellow) - integrating health literacy into health professional curricula, health care systems, clinician-patient interactions, and research |
| 10:30-10:45 | Morning BREAK |
| 10:45-12 | Panel - Choosing Appropriate Materials (addressing format, readability, translations and culture) Speakers - Christine Wilson Owens (Ethnomed); Audrey Riffenburgh (President, Riffenburgh & Associates); Beth Westcott (NN/LM Southeastern/Atlantic Region); Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi (Literacy Division, World Education) |
| 12-1 PM | LUNCH (roundtable discussions) |
| 1-2 | BREAKOUT Sessions* |
| 2-3 | BREAKOUT Sessions* |
| 3-3:15 | Afternoon BREAK |
| 3:15-4 | So now what can I do? And with whom? (30 minutes) Funding/community partners (15 minutes) Evaluations |
| 4-4:15 | Vendor Presentations |
| 4:15-5:30 | Reception |
Breakout session topics will highlight Readability Tools, Laws and Standards, Cultural Considerations, and Non-print Resources.
Cost for this one-day event is $35.00, which includes a continental breakfast, breaks, and lunch. Register for the symposium on the Joint Meeting 2004 registration form; you do not need to attend the other days of the Joint Meeting to register for the symposium. Additional information on meal and breakout session choices will be sent to registrants in early January. MLA CE credit will be offered. Please consider inviting a colleague from your organization to join you for what promises to be an event not to miss! Heidi Sandstrom