The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Region 3, housed at the Gibson D. Lewis Library, would like to invite you to join us for the next session of our monthly webinar series. Health Bytes is a monthly 1 hour series that focuses on topics of interest to clinicians, researchers, faculty, and information professionals.
Details on joining the meeting are available at the event link above. No registration is required, and the session is free to any interested parties.
Webinar Description: Written and digital materials are a fundamental component of engaging the community in health education programming. Unfortunately, many adults lack the skills they need to understand and use these materials, many of which do not incorporate common health literacy and plain language best practices. The UAMS Center for Health Literacy has a suite of written and digital materials to engage patients and community members to better care for themselves and improve health literacy skills. These resources were designed to empower individuals to communicate more effectively with providers and to engage in better self-care.
This presentation will highlight their suite of community engagement resources and provide an overview of their development process including field testing and plain language best practices.
Presenter Descriptions:
– Jen Gan, MBA, CRS is a Research Instructor and Manager in the Center for Health Literacy (CHL), Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Her research interests include health disparities with a focus on health literacy, ethnicity, and gender. She is a facilitator for CHL field testing of health education materials, interprofessional education, implicit bias training, and the UAMS Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity program.
– Katie Leath, MPH, MA is the Program Manager for Services and Communication at the Center for Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). In this position, she lends her health communication expertise to help create and edit health-related materials for patients and consumers at UAMS and beyond. Before joining the Center, Katie worked in health policy research and evaluation.