### Health Literacy Summit

**Regional Resource Center II\
Atlanta, GA\
**Crowne Plaza, Atlanta Airport\
1325 Virginia Avenue, Atlanta, GA

### Wednesday March 5, 2008

Health literacy is often defined as the ability to read, understand, and
act upon health-related information. Improving health literacy may
improve the health status and quality of life of America\'s adults,
especially among adults with marginal literacy skills. The National
Institute for Literacy (NIFL), through its LINCS Regional Resource
Centers, is convening adult literacy and health professionals to share
information about the research on health literacy and resources for
implementing health literacy programming.

The goals of the conference are to:

-   increase awareness and understanding of the commonalities between
    adult education and health literacy/patient safety;

-   present the latest health literacy research, evidence-based
    curriculum, and programs to improve the health status and safety of
    low-moderate literate adults;

-   share effective programs, partnerships, and resources to address
    health literacy concerns of low-moderate literate adults; and

-   devise strategies for effective collaboration with healthcare
    organizations/providers and adult education providers.

**Hosted by:** National Institute for Literacy and its *LINC*S Region II
Resource Center Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee in
partnership with Center for the Study of Adult Literacy, Georgia State
University, Office of Adult Literacy, Georgia Department of Technical
and Adult Education and Literacy Action, Inc. of Atlanta.

### Wednesday March 5, 2008: Summit Schedule

+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 8:30 a.m. --    | Registration & Continental Breakfast               |
| 9:15 a.m.       |                                                    |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 9:20 a.m. -     | **Welcome**\                                       |
| 9:30 a.m.       | Dr. Sandra Baxter, Director, The National          |
|                 | Institute for Literacy\                            |
|                 | Dr. Josephine Reed-Taylor, Assistant Commissioner, |
|                 | Office of Adult Education                          |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 9:30 a.m. -     | Opening Session:\                                  |
| 10:00 a.m.      | **Health Literacy, Communication, & Patient        |
|                 | Safety**\                                          |
|                 | Toni Cordell, adult learner and panel member of    |
|                 | the Joint Commission                               |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 10:00 a.m. -    | **Health Literacy of American Adults: Summary      |
| 10:15 a.m.      | Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult |
|                 | Literacy**                                         |
|                 |                                                    |
|                 | **Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi,** Health Literacy Research  |
|                 | Project, Medical Library Association               |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 10:15 a.m. --   | **Break**                                          |
| 10:30 a.m.      |                                                    |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 10:30 a.m. -    | **Strategies for Connecting Literacy Programs &    |
| 11:30 a.m.      | Health Care Providers**\                           |
|                 | Deborah W. Yoho, Turning Pages Literacy Council,   |
|                 | Columbia, SC\                                      |
|                 | \                                                  |
|                 | **Culturally and Linguistically Diverse            |
|                 | Communities: Risks and Opportunities**\            |
|                 | Dr. Yolanda Partida, University of California San  |
|                 | Francisco Fresno Center for Medical Education &    |
|                 | Research                                           |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 11:30 a.m. -    | **Lunch**                                          |
| 1:00 p.m.       |                                                    |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| Noon - 1:00     | **Keynote Presentation:** *Healthy People 2010*    |
| p.m.            | **& Health Marketing**\                            |
|                 | Dr. Cynthia Baur, Director for the Division of     |
|                 | Health Communication and Marketing, National       |
|                 | Center for Health Marketing, Coordinating Center   |
|                 | for Health Information and Service, Centers for    |
|                 | Disease Control and Prevention.                    |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 1 p.m. - 2:00   | **Mandates for Health Literacy in Medicine &       |
| p.m.            | Education**\                                       |
|                 | Dr. Lynn Nielsen, DeBusk School, Assistant         |
|                 | Professor of Physiology/Research and Director of   |
|                 | Research, DeBusk School of Osteopathic Medicine,   |
|                 | Lincoln Memorial University TN, will discuss       |
|                 | recommendations from an Institute on Medicine      |
|                 | Committee on Health Literacy report.\              |
|                 | \                                                  |
|                 | **An Evidenced-based Health Literacy Curriculum    |
|                 | for Adult Education Practitioners: Pilot           |
|                 | Information**\                                     |
|                 | Ryan Hall, Literacy Action - Atlanta, introduces a |
|                 | health literacy curriculum based on a scientific   |
|                 | research study conducted by Dr. Susan Levy\'s      |
|                 | research on the impact of Health Literacy in Adult |
|                 | Literacy and Integrated Family Approach Programs.  |
|                 | This research study was one of six in the          |
|                 | NICHD/NIFL/OVAE national research program.         |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 2:00 p.m. -     | **Break**                                          |
| 2:15 p.m.       |                                                    |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 2:15 p.m. -     | **A Pharmacy Intervention for Limited Literacy**\  |
| 3:15 p.m.       | Kara Jacobson, Rollins School of Public Health,    |
|                 | Emory University\                                  |
|                 | \                                                  |
|                 | **Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and          |
|                 | Partnerships**\                                    |
|                 | Nikki Keene, Work Group for Community Health &     |
|                 | Development, University of Kansas, Lawrence        |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+
| 3:15 p.m. -     | **Closing Session:** Health Literacy: Next Steps   |
| 4:00 p.m.       | for Healthcare Providers & Adult Education         |
|                 | Programs\                                          |
|                 | Dr. Daphne Greenberg, Center for the Study of      |
|                 | Adult Literacy, Georgia State University           |
+-----------------+----------------------------------------------------+

**Contact:** Chas Durant, <cdurant1@utk.edu> or to register:
<http://utk-cls.ra.utk.edu/register/lincshealth.asp>.

[Word Document version of
agenda.](http://dev.nifl.gov/~charich/repository/nifl/news_events/08hsRRC2agenda.doc)