Friday, October 20, 2017 12:00pm to 1:00pm
About this Event
255 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester NY 14642
It’s All about Understanding – The Importance of Health Literacy
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Public Health Sciences and the Center for Community Health
Donna Berryman, MLIS, AHIP, Ed.D.
Institute for Innovative Education
Director, Miner Libraries
Janice Schrack, RN, BSN, CCRC
Assistant Quality Officer
Mark W. Nickels, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Transplant Psychiatry
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, understand, and communicate about health-related information needed to make informed health decisions. 36% of adults have low health literacy, including some adults who have high educational/reading levels. Further, heightened levels of anxiety or fear in patients or research subjects can greatly reduce the ability to understand health information. We need to assume that ALL patients and research subjects have low health literacy, regardless of education level, and so we should adopt a “universal precautions” approach to using plain language and the teach-back method.
Assorted wraps will be available while supplies last. Bring your own beverage.
This seminar series is funded in part by Cooperative Agreement #5U36CD319276CFDA93.283 which is shared by the American Association for Medical Colleges and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Please find live and archived sessions at https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/community-health/education/grand-rounds.aspx
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