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Small Group Project: Strategic Planning Using The Grow Model (Goals, Reality, Options, And Way Forward), Children's Mercy Hospital, Courtney Butler Mls
Small Group Project: Strategic Planning Using The Grow Model (Goals, Reality, Options, And Way Forward), Children's Mercy Hospital, Courtney Butler Mls
Health Literacy Events
No abstract provided.
Interactive Stations (4), Children's Mercy Hospital, Barbra Rudder
Interactive Stations (4), Children's Mercy Hospital, Barbra Rudder
Health Literacy Events
Participants discussed strategies for employing plain language and other health literacy principles in written communications.
Interactive Stations (3), Children's Mercy Hospital, Angie Knackstedt
Interactive Stations (3), Children's Mercy Hospital, Angie Knackstedt
Health Literacy Events
Participants learned about Teach-Back strategies, practiced the technique, and discussed challenges and opportunities.
Interactive Stations (2), Children's Mercy Hospital
Interactive Stations (2), Children's Mercy Hospital
Health Literacy Events
This activity exposed participants to a variety of consumer health and patient education resources and increased familiarity through a quiz-style game.
Interactive Stations (1), Children's Mercy Hospital, Mamta Reddy Md, Courtney Butler Mls
Interactive Stations (1), Children's Mercy Hospital, Mamta Reddy Md, Courtney Butler Mls
Health Literacy Events
This activity illuminated the wide range of information and communication needs across the spectrum of care via a case-based discussion.
Library Resources For Health Literacy, Jennifer Lyon
Library Resources For Health Literacy, Jennifer Lyon
Health Literacy Events
No abstract provided.
Health Literacy At Children's Mercy, Angie Knackstedt, Barbra Rudder
Health Literacy At Children's Mercy, Angie Knackstedt, Barbra Rudder
Health Literacy Events
No abstract provided.
Welcome/Introductions, Children's Mercy Hospital
Welcome/Introductions, Children's Mercy Hospital
Health Literacy Events
No abstract provided.
Roundtable Discussions, Children's Mercy Hospital
Roundtable Discussions, Children's Mercy Hospital
Health Literacy Events
Using a World Cafe model, an interactive set of 8 roundtable brainstorming sessions were conducted.
Topics:
- Numeracy
- Developing Written Materials
- Consumer Health
- Health in the Mass Media
- Teaching Methods
- Culture and Language
- Digital Inclusion
- Financial Literacy
Digital Inclusion: Bridging The Digital Divide, Wendy Pearson
Digital Inclusion: Bridging The Digital Divide, Wendy Pearson
Health Literacy Events
Speaker Bio:
Wendy Pearson, BA, Kansas City Public Library
After completing her Google Fiber/Nonprofit Technology Network Digital Inclusion Fellowship at the Kansas City Public Library, Wendy Pearson now oversees the Library’s AmeriCorps VISTAs and continues to build new programs and community partnerships to help adult patrons achieve their digital literacy and professional goals. Her passion is to serve marginalized communities through empowerment programs and build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to optimize service to those who need it the most.
Health Literacy Pictionary, Children's Mercy Hospital
Health Literacy Pictionary, Children's Mercy Hospital
Health Literacy Events
An interactive game/exercise in communicating common health concepts using a reverse-Pictionary format.
Health Literacy: Advancing A Social Determinant Of Health, Ruth Parker
Health Literacy: Advancing A Social Determinant Of Health, Ruth Parker
Health Literacy Events
Speaker Bio:
Ruth Parker, MD, Emory University
Dr. Ruth Parker is Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. For over two decades, her work has focused on research, education and advocacy efforts to advance our nation’s health literacy. She is an author of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) and of the definition of health literacy used by Healthy People 2010, the IOM, the NIH, and the Affordable Care Act, as well as many scholarly pieces on health literacy. She is a national associate of the National Research Council of the …
Health Literacy: Culture, Language And Engaging Refugees In The Health Care System, Sarah Cirese-Payton, Meaghan Fanning
Health Literacy: Culture, Language And Engaging Refugees In The Health Care System, Sarah Cirese-Payton, Meaghan Fanning
Health Literacy Events
Speaker Bios:
Sarah Cirese Payton, LMSW, Jewish Vocational Services
Sarah Cirese Payton is the Social Work Manager at JVS, which provides intensive family case management and therapy services for immigrant and refugee adults and children/youth. She assists in connecting them with other JVS programs which include immigration services, employment services and cultural orientation.
Meaghan Fanning, LMSW, Jewish Vocational Services
Meaghan Fanning has been a social worker at JVS for six years but has worked with refugees for more than 10. She serves as the team leader and the youth therapist at JVS, working closely with refugee families and youth to …
Health Literacy, Culture And Language, John Cowden
Health Literacy, Culture And Language, John Cowden
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Speaker Bio:
John J.C. Cowden, MD, MPH, Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Dr. Cowden is a general pediatrician at Children’s Mercy, where he serves as medial director of the Office of Equity and Diversity. He is the founder and co-director of CHICOS, a Spanish language training program for bilingual pediatric residents, and Enlaces, a resident medical Spanish course. He is also medical director of a series of interpreter education courses in medical Spanish. In his bilingual clinical practice, he serves Spanish-speaking families from throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Health Literacy: Can We Confuse Patients Less?, Ruth Parker
Health Literacy: Can We Confuse Patients Less?, Ruth Parker
Health Literacy Events
Speaker Bio:
Ruth Parker, MD, Emory University
Dr. Parker is Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. For over two decades, her work has focused on research, education and advocacy efforts to advance our nation’s health literacy. She is an author of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) and of the definition of health literacy used by Healthy People 2010, the IOM, the NIH, and the Affordable Care Act, as well as many scholarly pieces on health literacy. She is a national associate of the National Research Council of the National …
Literacy: The Kansas City Perspective, Autumn Burton, Rachel Henderson
Literacy: The Kansas City Perspective, Autumn Burton, Rachel Henderson
Health Literacy Events
Speaker Bios:
Autumn Burton, BA, Literacy KC
Autumn is the Director of Programs at Literacy KC and is responsible for their educational programming. She has over 10 years of experience working in schools throughout Kansas City in a variety of positions ranging from teaching to administration. Autumn believes that literacy is a tool for success and is passionate about providing educational opportunities to anyone ready to learn.
Rachel Henderson, BA, Literacy KC
Rachel is the programs support coordinator for Literacy KC. Her current duties include potential and current student affairs as well as overseeing the AmeriCorps VISTA Program, where Literacy …
People Bingo, Children's Mercy Hospital
Welcome/Introductions, Children's Mercy Hospital
Welcome/Introductions, Children's Mercy Hospital
Health Literacy Events
No abstract provided.
Registration, Children's Mercy Hospital
Improving Handoffs By Incorporating A Standardized Ipass Section Into The Written Handoff Document, Kristin Streiler, Susamita Kesh
Improving Handoffs By Incorporating A Standardized Ipass Section Into The Written Handoff Document, Kristin Streiler, Susamita Kesh
Posters
No abstract provided.