[Health_Education_Promotion] Please join us for a Health Literacy workshop next month!

[Alissa Leavitt (Green)]

*Health Literacy: Tools for Public Health Professionals*



Presented by Amanda Lawrence

Hosted by the Oregon Public Health Association’s

 Health Education & Promotion Section

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Health literacy, the ability to comprehend health information well enough
to make appropriate decisions, affects more people than you probably think.
It is estimated that only 12% of patients fully comprehend health
instructions and information. This leads to poorer health outcome and
increased medication errors. While some sub-populations are at an elevated
risk of low health literacy, it affects people from all socio-economic
backgrounds.



Last year, The Wallace Medical Concern, a Federally Qualified Health Center
in east Multnomah county, received a three-year grant to implement a
clinic-wide and cross-agency health literacy intervention. The project
manager, Amanda Lawrence, will discuss the activities conducted thus far
and facilitate skills-building activities.



Medical providers and health education and promotion professionals are
welcome.

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*Date: *

June 6th, 2013



4:00pm-6:00pm

**Check-in and networking begins at 3:30pm *



*Location: *

Kaiser Town Hall

3704 N Interstate Ave.

Portland, Oregon 97227



*Learning Objectives*

By the end of this session, attendees will:

1) Understand the health impacts of low health literacy.

2) Be able to identify points of intervention within their own workplace.

3) Build skills to improve interpersonal communications (written and
verbal) with patients and clients.

4) Be aware of tools and resources available to address low health literacy.

*Registration: *Please RSVP by May 30th to *Alissa Leavitt at **
alissa.leavitt at pcc.edu* <alissa.leavitt at pcc.edu>* **or 971-722-7767. *If
you have any special accommodations, let me know how I can best assist you.

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*Cost: *

Free for OPHA Members and non-Members

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*CHES Credits: *

Four Category 1 contact hours are available for $5 per attendee. Please
bring a check made out to the Oregon Public Health Association.

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*Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. *

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*Feel free to re-post. For more information contact Alissa Leavitt at **
alissa.leavitt at pcc.edu* <alissa.leavitt at pcc.edu>* **or 971-722-7767*

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-- 
Alissa Gabrielle Leavitt, MPH, CHES
green.alissa at gmail.com
503-358-2331
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