2010 Annual NECON Regional Conference

Health Literacy for All

FRIDAY - OCTOBER 22, 2010
7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Providence Marriott Downtown
One Orms Street
Providence, RI

PRESENTATIONS

NECON Background

What Do We Know about HIV and Health Literacy
Donna Gallagher, Principal Investigator, New England AIDS Education Training Center

Making Health Literacy Real Strategies in Action
William Gerrish, MBA, Director of Communications, Connecticut Department of Public Health

Population Health Literacy: NECON Regional Health Trends Report
Steven E. Miller, Exec. Dir. Healthy Weight Initiative, Nutrition Dept, Harvard School of Public Health, NECON Steering Committee

Health Literacy for All: The Social Strategy
Patricia A. Nolan, MD, MPH, Brown University

Health Literacy for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Christopher J. O'Donnell, MD MPH FACC FAHA, Associate Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study; Cardiology, MGH and Associate Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Council on Epidemiology & Prevention, American Heart Association

Improving Health and Science Literacy in a Latino Community
Maureen Phipps, MD, MPH & Pablo Rodriguez, MD

Health Literacy:A Social Strategy for the Nation
Dr. Rima E. Rudd, Harvard School of Public Health

Healthcare vs. Sickcare: It's Time for Leadership to Level Set and Take Action
Michael H. Samuelson, President & CEO, The Health & Wellness Institute, Adjunct Professor, The University of Rhode Island

Developing a Health Literate Nation
Keynote Speaker: Penelope Slade-Sawyer, P.T., M.S.W., HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Prevention of Chronic Disease
Dr. Walter Willett, Chair, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health