Health Literacy: How You Can Help Older Adults in HealthCareLand and Through the Looking Glass

Moderator: Alice K. Pomidor, MD, MPH
Developed by the Public Education, Ethnogeriatrics, and Ethics Committees and the SGIM Special Interest Group.
Learning Objectives: (1) access and use health literacy resources for education and intervention; (2) critically appraise existing and/or create new patient education materials; (3) demonstrate interaction-based communication techniques which improve "take home" of critical information by patients and care providers; and (4) describe strategies for approaching health literacy from a culturally competent perspective.

Adventures in HealthCareLand: A Brief Overview of Current Issues in Health Literacy
Fred A. Kobylarz, MD, MPH

How to Navigate the Rabbit Hole: Finding Key Resources for Understanding and Improving Health Literacy
Ellen Roberts, PhD, MPH and Pauline C. Hamel, EdD, MEd

Understanding Jabberwocky: Evaluating and Creating Materials for Your Practice
Alice K. Pomidor, MD, MPH and Irene Moore, MSW, LISW, AGSF

"Eat Me, Drink Me": Practical Tips for Recognizing and Helping Health Literacy Issues
Daniel J. Oates, MD, MSc and Patricia A. Kimball, BSN, MS, RN-BC

Through the Looking Glass: The View from the Cultural Side
Fred A. Kobylarz, MD, MPH and Jenny J. Lin, MD