Health Literacy Summit
Health Literacy: A tool for community health equity
Learn how health literacy can be a powerful tool in the battle to promote health equity.
2023
About the Health Literacy Summit
The Health Literacy Summit, hosted by Health Literacy Media (HLM) is back! This year's Summit will be a 1 day event in St. Louis, Missouri, with a line-up of skill-building workshops developed to equip you to use health literacy as a powerful tool to promote health equity.
Whether you're a community health worker, community leader, nurse, doctor, counselor, or social worker, our program is sure to offer the education, insights, and connections to help you infuse health literacy and health equity into every aspect of your work.
October 17, 2023
Saint Louis, MO
Skill-building workshops
Participants will choose and attend 3 of the 4 workshops offered, led by industry experts from HLM. Each worksop is 1.5 hours.
Plain language for written communication
Written communication that is long, convoluted, and full of jargon is hard to understand and use, which means it can prevent people from getting the care they need. We will teach you how to write in ways that most people can understand and use. You will learn how to use language that is clear and concise, so your health education materials are more likely to help people. Facilitators will touch on emerging technologies in health writing, including generative AI such as Chat GPT.
Diane Webb, MPH, CHES
Director of Clinical Trial & Science Communications, HLM
Catina O'Leary, PhD, LMSW
President & CEO, HLM
Offered during Workshop Session 1 only
Strategies to incorporate accessibility into written and digital health materials
Everyone is affected by limited abilities at some point in their lifetime. In our new lens of disabilities as universal, temporary, and permanent, this panel introduces strategies that health professionals and community organizations can take to make written and digital health materials accessible to those with various visual, audio, and cognitive impairments.
Megan Rooney, M. ED, LMSW
Director of Health Education, HLM
Jeremy Day, MA
Multimedia Project Manager, HLM
Offered during Workshop Sessions 1 and 3
Health literacy:
Design at your desk
People are less likely to connect with your health information if it does not look good. A little bit of design can go a long way in engaging your patients and communities. The good news is that content creators do not need an expensive graphic design program. Learn how to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Canva to create engaging, health-literate materials. Facilitators will touch on emerging technologies in material and resource design, specifically considerations for using generative AI images in health communications.
Candra Asamoah, MPH, CHES
Director of Digital Media & Strategy, HLM
Christopher Casey, MPH
Assistant Director of Health Communication, HLM
Offered during Workshop Sessions 2 and 3
Building a health literate organization
Building directly upon the recent National Academy of Medicine’s Attributes of a Health Literate Organization discussion paper, this workshop will introduce you to a broad range of health literacy strategies and interventions that currently exist, research related to those health literacy interventions, and best practices to apply them in your organization.
Elizabeth Rattine-Flaherty, PHD
Senior Advisor of Health Literacy and Communication, HLM
Stephanie Gonzalez, PHD
Instructional Designer, HLM
Offered during Workshop Session 2 only
Agenda
Registration Opens
8:30am
Lunch and Health Literacy Foundations
2023 Cecilia and Leonard Doak Health Literacy Champion Award
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Closing remarks and Adjourn
Catina O’Leary, PhD, LMSW, CEO of Health Literacy Media
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Lunch will be provided
Workshop Session 1
(participants will choose 1 workshop to attend during each session)
9:00am - 10:30am
Option 1: Plain language for written communication
Option 2: Incorporate accessibility into written and digital materials
Workshop Session 2
(participants will choose 1 workshop to attend during each session)
10:45am - 12:15pm
Option 1: Health literacy design at your desk
Option 2: Building a health literate organization
Workshop Session 3
(participants will choose 1 workshop to attend during each session)
1:15pm - 2:45pm
Option 1: Incorporate accessibility into written and digital materials
Option 2: Health literacy design at your desk
Registration fee
1 session: $10
3 sessions: $20
There are scholarships available for people who are interested in attending our Summit, but who may not be able to afford the ticket. Please email bbaptiste@healthliteracy.media to learn more about scholarship opportunities.
For ADA accommodations, contact HLM by 10/6 at info@healthliteracy.media or (314) 361-9400.
Venue
Delmar DivINe
5501 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63112
Delmar DivINe is a social innovation, high-impact historic building rehabilitation that is setting an example for community development, social improvement and collaboration in St. Louis and the nation. The space was designed to transform creative ideas into an action plan for working together, intentionally and deliberately.
Sponsors
We want to extend a big thank you to our sponsors listed below, who have shown their commitment to health literacy by partnering with us!
