Moderator:
Julie McKinney
Exceptional Lives, Inc
Panelists:
Alison Caballero, MPH, CHES
Director of the Center for Health Literacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Amy Mirabella PhD, RN, CHPN
Oncology Clinical Educator at HonorHealth Research Institute
Ellen Bloom, MPH, MCHES
Sickle Cell Grants Manager at the Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Inc (IHTC)
Mercedes Harris, PharmD
Licensed pharmacist and lifestyle coach with the CDC National Diabetes Prevention Program
Description:
The panel will share their Health Literacy Month activities, and discuss lessons learned and best practices for increasing awareness of health literacy in the community and in professional practice.
Objectives:
- Describe at least one way to increase awareness of health literacy in the community or professional practice
- State at least one activity that you can do to celebrate health literacy month
Earn Continuing Education Hours
Certified Health Education Specialists - CHES/MCHES: Sponsored by (Institute for Healthcare Advancement), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc, this webinar is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available are 0. Continuing Competency credits available are 0. Provider ID#: 101864
Certified Public Health - CPH: This activity is approved for up to 17 credits accepted by the National Board of Public Health Examiners' Certified Public Health (CPH) recertification program.
California Nursing: Institute for Healthcare Advancement is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 11933, for 1.0 contact hour.
It is the responsibility of each professional licensee to understand what his or her state licensing board requires for license renewal, as well as what that licensing board identifies as acceptable continuing education. Please contact your board for verification if you are unsure of your continuing education requirements.
Participants are solely responsible for determining if the continuing education provided is recognized by the regulatory or certifying entity to whom they wish to submit evidence of continuing education completion.
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