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Roundtable on Health Literacy Meeting 8 - Workshop on Integrating Health Literacy in Prevention Programs


Event Date: September 15, 2009 - September 15, 2009


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The members of the Roundtable on Health Literacy held a workshop on September 15, 2009, in the Adams and Franklin Room of the Washington Plaza Hotel, located at 10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC.

Workshop on Integrating Health Literacy in Prevention Programs
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
9:00 am - 5:15 pm
Adams and Franklin Room
Washington Plaza Hotel
10 Thomas Circle, NW
Washington, DC

DRAFT AGENDA

9:00 - 9:15 am
Welcome and Overview
     George J. Isham, M.D., Chair of Roundtable on Health Literacy
     Medical Director and Chief Health Officer
     HealthPartners

9:15 - 9:30 am
The Role of Health Literacy in Primary and Secondary Prevention
     RADM Penelope Slade-Sawyer, P.T., M.S.W.
     Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health
     Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
     Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
     Office of Public Health and Science
     U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

9:30 - 9:50 am
Commissioned Paper on Integrating Health Literacy into Primary and Secondary Prevention Strategies 
(Includes both evidence-based information and theories of how effective integration could occur.)
     Scott C. Ratzan, M.D., M.P.A.
     Vice President, Global Health
     Johnston & Johnston

9:50 - 10:30 am
Panel: Reactions to commissioned paper. 
(Each presenter will have 10-15 minutes.)
     
     Partnership for Prevention
     Robert Gould, Ph.D.
     President
     
     National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
     Charles J. Homer, M.D.
     President and CEO
     
     Directors of Health Promotion and Education
     TBN

10:30 - 11:30 am
Discussion

11:30 - 12:30 pm
LUNCH
(There are many restaurants within walking distance of the hotel.)

12:30 - 1:15 pm
Panel: Intersection of Health Literacy and Public Health Prevention Programs. 
(Each presenter will have 15 minutes.)

National: Incorporating Health Literacy into the Healthy People Focus on the Social Determinants of Health.
     W. Douglas Evans, Ph.D., M.A.
     Member
     Secretary's Advisory Committee on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020

State: How Have the Concepts of Health Literacy Been Incorporated into State Prevention, Wellness, and Healthcare Programs? What Are the Successes and Challenges?
     Linda Neuhauser, Dr.P.H.
     Clinical Professor
     Division of Community Health and Human Development
     School of Public Health
     University of California, Berkeley
     Co-Principal Investigator, Health Research for Action

Local: How Have the Concepts of Health Literacy Been Incorporated into Local Prevention and Wellness Pograms? What Are the Successes and Challenges?
     Jennifer Dillaha, M.D.
     Director of the Center for Health Advancement
     Arkansas Department of Health

1:15 - 1:45 pm
Discussion

1:45 - 2:30 pm
Panel: How do Insurance Companies, Especially Managed Care Insurance Companies, Factor in Health Literacy in the Creation of Their Prevention programs and Their Preventative Information for Their Enrolless? 
(Each presenter will have 15 minutes.)

     MetroPlus Health Plan
     Arnold Saperstein, M.D.
     President
     
     Aetna
     Jill Griffiths
     Vice President, Thought Leadership, Clinical and Provider Relations

     Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
     John Montgomery, M.D.
     Vice President for Professional Relations

2:30 - 3:00 pm
Discussion

3:00 - 3:15 pm
BREAK

3:15 - 4:00 pm
Panel: Industry Contributions to Providing Health Literate Primary and Secondary Prevention.
(Each presenter will have 15 minutes.)

     General Mills
     Juli Hermanson, M.P.H., R.D.
     Senior Nutrition Scientist
     Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition

     MedEncentive
     Jeffrey C. Greene
     President and CEO

     Johnson & Johnson / McNeil
     Conrad Person
     Director
     Corporate Contributions

4:00 - 4:30 pm
Discussion

4:30 - 4:50 pm
The Potential and Challenges of Highlighting Health Literacy
     Jennifer Cabe, M.A.
     Executive Director
     Canyon Ranch Institute

4:50 - 5:15 pm
Discussion

5:15 pm
ADJOURN



Resources & Links
Scott Ratzan. Integrating Health Literacy into Primary and Secondary Prevention Strategies.
Charles Homer. Health Literacy and Prevention.
W. Douglas Evans. Social Marketing, Health Literacy & HP 2020.
Linda Neuhauser. Incorporating Concepts of Health Literacy into State Prevention, Wellness and Healthcare Programs:Successes and Challenges.
Jennifer Dillaha. Improving Health Literacy: Building the Skills We Need to Manage Our Own Health.
Arnold Saperstein. Health Literacy in Managed Care Prevention Programs MetroPlus Health Plan.
John Montgomery. How the Blue Cross Blue Shield System Factors Health Literacy into Prevention Programs.
Juli Hermanson. General Mills Nourishing Lives by Communicating Health.
Jeffrey Greene. Industry Contributions to Providing Health Literate Primary and Secondary Prevention.
Conrad Person. A Breakthrough Health Literacy, Research, Training and Education Program.
Jennifer Cabe. The Potential and Challenges of Highlighting Health Literacy in Prevention Programs.
Speaker Biosketches