Adult Education State Directors from 16 Western states and their Professional Development staff, literacy providers at the state and university level, health care professionals from vario
us fields, public health officials, adult literacy learners, and community leaders
Assess the health literacy needs in their states and communities,
Discuss potential partnerships to address these needs, and
Learn from potential funders what is needed in order to successfully find funding for these partnerships.
Creating Better Health Communication:
Adult Literacy and Health Care Providers as Partners
Overview
The Health Literacy Summit was held at San Francisco State Downtown Campus, Westfield Center
and addressed the pivotal role adult literacy providers can play in partnership with health care providers to eliminate literacy barriers to quality health care.
Summit Proceedings
updated
October 23, 2009 12:53 PM
Greeting
& Logistics
Paul Heavenridge, Director, NIFL LINCS Region III Regional
Resource Center and Executive Director, Literacyworks
Welcome
and Opening Remarks
Dr. Gail Weinstein Professor, San Francisco State University and
Director of CIRCLE (Center for Immigrant and Refugee Community Literacy
Education).
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Paul Heavenridge
Dr. Gail Weinstein
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Adult
Learner Perspectives on Health Literacy
Dr. Carole Talan, literacy specialist and documentary filmmaker,
introduces two adult learners, Enrique Ramirez and Kristi Clontz
Kristi
Enrique
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Plenary
Address
Dr. Dean Schillinger, leading health literacy
doctor/advocate, practicing primary care physician at San Francisco General
Hospital and Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations.
Summary of health literacy work from the NIFL Region III
Resource Center Partners meeting and California Dept of Education’s health
literacy initiative
Wendi Maxwell, California Department of Education Adult Ed and Susan
D. Handy, R.N.
Principal/Director Bakersfield Adult School
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Wendi Maxwell
Susan D. Handy
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Presentation
Local collaborative health literacy partnership
Pat Lawson-North, Santa Clara County Library Literacy Services
(VISION LITERACY) director and Carolyn Brown, Director of Performance &
Outcome Management, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
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Pat Lawson-North
Carolyn Brown
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Panel
Discussion on Ideas for Partnerships that Support Health Literacy
Scott Ullman, Regional Training Coordinator Foundation Center-San
Francisco; Erin Bowman, Program Coordinator California Health Care Safety Net Institute;
and Lynn Reed,
Executive Director Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County, Inc. Phoenix, AZ.
Focus on cross-disciplinary collaborations in health;
comments from not-for-profit organizations on how to frame the dialogue
to promote collaboration between communities, adult education/literacy and
safety net hospitals and public health clinics
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Scott Ullman
Lynn Reed
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WORKING
LUNCH
Pick up lunch and move to small group facilitated
discussion tables; discussions about issues related to health literacy
Divide by topics based on ideas/issues raised at lunch
discussions. Groups discuss ideas for potential Health Literacy projects and
existing projects as best practices
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BRIEF
Reports to Large Group
Sharing one resource, one inspiration, one challenge
from each breakout group
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Large
Group Discussion: Visioning For The Future, Summary and Next Steps
Moderator - Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Eisman, Acting Director of the
Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, San Francisco State University.
What was heard today, what is possible and what needs to be done next for
partnerships to move forward with specific projects; what to share on our
website that will energize, inform, communicate and motivate
Paul Heavenridge, Director, NIFL LINCS Region III Regional
Resource Center and Executive Director, Literacyworks
end notes
Paul Heavenridge
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