Health Literacy Kentucky

Health literacy conferences

A listing of several national conferences that focus on health literacy.

Boston University Medical Campus Health Literacy Research Conference
Date and venue to be determined.
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/healthliteracyconference/2011-conference-agenda/
An interdisciplinary meeting for investigators dedicated to health literacy research. It will be an opportunity to advance the field of health literacy, a method to raise the quality of our research, and a venue for professional development.

Health Literacy Iowa and New Readers of Iowa Conference
"Partnering to Change Research into Action"
April 13-14, 2012, Des Moines, IA
http://www.ihs.org/body_healthliteracy.cfm?id=308

Health Literacy Institute
"Plain Language: Addressing the Health Communication Gap"
June 3-6, 2012, Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport, ME
http://www.healthliteracyinstitute.net/index.html
The foremost opportunity for diverse organizations to learn a spectrum of plain language skills to create vibrant print communications. Applications to eHealth and verbal communication will also be discussed. Participants should bring a short writing project.

Health Literacy Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit
Date and venue to be determined.
http://healthliteracywisconsin.org/article.jsp?cat=summits
Planning for the 5th Biennial Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit is currently underway.

Institute for HealthCare Advancement's (11th) Annual Health Literacy (IHA) Conference
"Operational Solutions to Low Health Literacy"
May 9-1, 2012, Hyatt Regency Irvine, Irvine, CA
http://www.iha4health.org/default.aspx/MenuItemID/190/MenuGroup/_Home.htm
This conference will gather together clinicians, educators, researchers, public health professionals, and others who have developed best practices to face the low health literacy challenge. These presenters will discuss programs and solutions to improve health communication, review programs of critical importance to improving health literacy, and teach attendees skill sets to better serve their clients.

Kentucky Conference on Health Communication
"Health Literacy Research and Practice"
April 19-21, 2012, Hyatt Regency Lexington, Lexington, KY
http://comm.uky.edu/kchc/
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The 12th biennial Kentucky Conference on Health Communication will consist of two and a half days of competitive paper and panel presentations, a competitive poster session, and invited speaker presentations. Our goal for this conference is to bring questions concerning health literacy research and practice to the forefront so we may better address the serious challenges which confront us.