2010 Agenda…Presentations Posted!

Schedule of Events

Monday October 18, 2010
8:00am – 9:00am         Breakfast and Registration
9:00am – 10:00am       Keynote Address: Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH
10:00am – 10:45am       Plenary I Presentations: Do we know if health literacy interventions work? Directions for future research and practice
10:45am – 11:00am       Break
11:00am – 12:30pm     Oral Abstract Session I:                                                                                                 1. Kristina Kordasco Literacy-Compensatory Strategies and Resources of Older Latinos with Diabetes; 2. Janelle Baker The Influence of  cultural beliefs and health literacy on use of preventative health services among older African-American women, age 65 and older; 3. Nancy HardieHealth Literacy in a Consumer-Driven Health Plan; 4. Angelo Volandes Assessing End-of-Life Preferences for Advanced Dementia in Rural Patients Using an Educational Video: A Randomized Controlled Trial
12:30pm – 2:00pm         Lunch – Poster Session I – Mentor and Program Officer One-on-One Meetings
2:00pm – 3:30pm           Invited Panel A: Self-Management (Speakers: Dean Schillinger, Russell Rothman, Darren DeWalt, Susan Shaw)
  Invited Panel B: Health Disparities (Speakers: Cathy Meade, May Kennedy, Clement Gwede, Armando Valdez)
3:30pm – 4:00pm           Break
4:00pm – 5:30pm           Plenary Session II – Back to Basics: The Importance of Basic Research for Developing Effective Health Literacy Interventions
5:30pm Scott Ratzan, MD, MPA – Journal of Health Communication Special Issue announcement and reception invitation
5:30pm – 7:00pm          Poster Session II and Reception sponsored by The George Washington Center for Global Health
Tuesday October 19, 2010
7:00am – 8:00am           Breakfast and Mentor and NIH Program Officer One-on-One Meetings
8:00am – 9:00am Keynote Address: Don Nutbeam, PhD, FFPH
9:00 – 10:30am Invited Panel C: Health Literacy: Measuring the Other Side of the Coin(Speakers: Rima Rudd, Irwin Kirsch, Debra Roter, Susan Pisano, Ann King)                             
  Invited Panel D: Health Literacy and the Safety of Care Transitions  (Speakers: Mark Williams, Kristine Gleason, Terry Davis, Urimala Sarkar)
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-12:30pm Oral Abstract Session II:  1. Gregory Preston, Cook Children’s Health Plan, The impact of communication strategies to address poor health literacy of the adult caregivers of children; 2. Sandra Smith, University of Washington, Evaluation of a health promotion model of health literacy intervention based on home visiting, plain language materials, and a reflective approach; 3. H. Shonna Yin, New York University School of Medicine, Parent understanding of active ingredients and medication errors in children: role of health literacy; 4. Kimberly Kaphingst, Washington University, Health literacy and health care experience: findings from a representative statewide survey
12:30pm – 1:30pm         Lunch Break Mentor and NIH Program Officer One-on-One Meetings
1:30pm – 3:00pm           Oral Abstract Session III:  1. Mirjam Fransen, AMC, University of Amsterdam, Health literacy and cardiovascular disease; 2. Courtney Cawthon, Vanderbilt University, Factors associated with patients’ understanding of their pre-admission medication regimen; 3. Tim Bickmore, Conversational Agents Reduce Post-discharge Hospital Utilization for Patients with Inadequate Health Literacy; 4. David Baker, Northwestern University, Randomized trial of intensive telephone education and counseling to overcome disparities in knowledge, self-care behaviors, and symptom severity for patients with heart failure and low health literacy
3:00pm           Closing Remarks/Evaluations, Michael Paasche-Orlow, MD