Earn .5 CE Hour
Primary Speaker(s)
Terri Y. McGuire, MPH, MHS, PA-C
Physician Assistant/Health Literacy Consultant
eVolve Health and Wellness Community, Maryland, United States
Session summary: This on-demand session will explore the problem of poor health literacy as well as various ways to improve both personal and organizational health literacy for patients and healthcare providers and organizations, respectively. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about how individuals and healthcare organizations can gain tools to close communication gaps within healthcare settings in an effort to advance health equity for people with marginalized identities.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss definitions for personal and organizational health literacy
- Understand how communication gaps within healthcare contribute to poor health literacy and health outcomes for marginalized communities
- Refer to sources of data and research that address health literacy and its link to health equity
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