"Health Literacy: Tools for Improving Health Communications" New York Medical College (NYMC), Valhalla, NY Nevins Auditorium, Medical Education Center May 30, 2007 AGENDA
8:00 - 8:30	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45	Welcoming Remarks: Robert W. Amler, MD, Dean, School of Public Health, New York Medical College (NYMC) and Neil Abitabilo, President, Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet)
8:45 - 9:15	Overview: What Is Health Literacy and Why Is It an Important Public Health Issue? Frank Baker, PhD, Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health, School of Public Health, NYMC
9:15 - 10:00	Implementing Joint Commission Requirements Related to the Provision of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Health Care: Shelly Dunster, Associate Director, Department of Standards, JCAHO
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 – 11:15	Health Literacy---The Interaction Between Individual Skills and System Demands Rima E. Rudd, MSPH, ScD, Senior Lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health
11:15 - 12:00	Effective Use of Health Literacy Tool-kit Resources Diana Cunningham, MLS, MPH, Moderator, Health Sciences Library, NYMC
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 1:45	Improving Health Communication with Immigrant Populations in the Lower Hudson Valley Penny Liberatos, PhD, Assistant Professor of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, NYMC
1:45 - 2:45	Opportunities for Promotion of Health Information Resources for Low Literacy Populations Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, MEd; MLA Health Information Literacy Research Project Coordinator and Adjunct Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
2:50 - 3:30	Take Home Points: Panel of speakers; Q &A Padmini Murthy MD, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, NYMC; Amy Ansehl, RN, MSN., FNP C, Executive Director, Partnership for a Healthy Population, Practicum Coordinator, and Assistant Professor of Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, NYMC and Sarah Kowalski, MBA, Director, Quality Initiatives, NorMet
3:30 - 4:30	Next steps: Networking and Strategizing Reception (informal discussions) Onsite evaluation, distribution of certificates and tool kits
	Developed 6/06/2007 D. Cunningham