Health Literacy Studies

Health Literacy Talks, Presentations, and Papers

Health Literacy: Empowering Disadvantaged Populations
The Equal Health Opportunity Committee of the American Public Health Association
Presents a Program Session at the APHA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
November 17, 2003

Introductory Remarks by Moderator, J. Henry Montes, EHOC Chair
Health Literacy Proficiencies and Implications by Dr. Rima Rudd
Social Practices in Talk as Sources of Disparities for Health Literacy (Word) and (PowerPoint) by Dr. Charlene Pope

American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting
Remarks as Prepared; Not a Transcript
Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
United States Surgeon General
Acting Assistant Secretary for Health
Department of Health and Human Services
June 14, 2003
Health and Literacy: Recalibrating the Norm
   � Overview
   � Rima Rudd, Slide Presentation
   � Irwin Kirsch, Slide Presentation
Presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia PA
November 11, 2002
"Improving Health Literacy: A Physician's Perspective"
� Overview
� Slide Presentation
by Michael A. Madden, MD; Gateway Health Plan
Presented at The 2nd Annual Partners in Health Literacy Symposium sponsored by the Adult Literacy Media Alliance, Pittsburgh, PA
October 3, 2002
Communicating About Risk: Implications for Public Health and Clinical Practice (a slide presentation)
by James Hyde, Associate Professor, Tufts School of Medicine
Presented at The American College of Preventive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas
February 20, 2002
Dr. Rima E. Rudd�s Dr. A.M. House Lecture on Literacy
"Literacy Implications for Health Communications and for Health"
Health and Literacy Action Conference
Memorial University of Newfoundland
September 6, 2001

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