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Moving Toward Real Solutions:
Advances to Address Low Health Literacy
2006 Conference Home Agenda Speakers
Fifth Annual National Health Communication Conference
Co-Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine
November 29, 2006
National Academy of Sciences
2100 C Street NW, Washington, DC
Conference Executive Summary
Over half of all US adults - 90 million people - have difficulty understanding and acting on health information. The American College of Physicians Foundation is focused on finding practical and evidence-based solutions to the problems of low health literacy. Together with the Institute of Medicine, the ACP Foundation brings together leading researchers and stakeholders from around the country to take a solution-oriented approach to low health literacy.
This conference provides a unique opportunity for attendees from various sectors to learn about the growing problem of low health literacy and hear about innovative solutions that can be implemented in various locales and settings. Past attendees have represented a dynamic and forward thinking group of individuals representing a wide array of national organizations, including medicine, industry, pharmaceuticals, media, insurance, patient advocacy, and government.
Conference topics include:
- The Prescription Drug Labeling Project: Providing our Patients with Better Information about their Medications; Policy Roadmap; Over-the-Counter Drug Product Labeling; Literacy and Misunderstanding of Prescription Drug Labels
- The Business Case for Health and Productivity Management: What’s the Return on Investment?
- Current Research in Advances to Solutions of the Problems of Low Health Literacy
- The Effects of a Multilevel Pharmacy-based Intervention on Medication Adherence and Health Outcomes in Low-income Patients with Heart Failure
- Health Literacy and High Blood Pressure Control Among Ethnic Minorities and Poor Persons Receiving Care in Urban Primary Care Clinics
- Using Information Technology to Accommodate Patients’ Levels of Health Literacy
- Literacy Enhancement for Treatment of Depression in Patients with Depression and Limited Literacy: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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