2013 Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit: Changing Systems, Changing Lives

描述(申请人提供)：摘要：由于近九成的美国成年人在理解健康信息方面存在重大困难，我们有一个没有得到很好认识的重大问题，它威胁着我们大多数人的健康和安全。这次为期3天的会议将通过向335名成人扫盲教育工作者、卫生保健提供者、公共卫生工作人员和各种其他专业人员传播循证信息来解决这一问题，重点是促进卫生扫盲领域内的多层次系统变革。会议将提供独特的学习和网络机会，这些机会建立在从学术研究到医疗实践再到成人教育的各种视角的资产上。利用前四次成功会议的方法，我们将有针对性地邀请特定群体，包括医生、公共卫生专业人员和扫盲教育工作者，邀请国家、区域 总结和交流政策建议、研究结果、循证信息、工具和成人教育干预措施。我们的受众将包括有能力利用这些信息改善医疗保健服务的成果、质量、获得机会、成本和利用率的组织内的人，特别是低收入和少数群体、妇女、儿童、老年人和农村地区的人。2013年威斯康星州健康素养峰会：改变制度，改变生活的具体目标是：1.传播基于证据的健康素养做法和干预措施，受众可以利用这些做法和干预措施在其组织内解决健康素养问题；2.让演讲者在个人、组织、社会和政策层面上讨论健康素养制度的变化；3.介绍代表健康素养组织10个特征中的一个或多个的组织的健康素养工作；4.举行峰会前会议，分享经验，并为建立和维持全州范围的健康素养联盟提供技术援助；5.提供会议奖学金，以吸引全国和区域受众，包括以初级保健实践为基础的网络医生、成人扫盲提供者、公共卫生工作人员、教区护士和免费诊所管理人员，他们将能够应用所学知识并影响系统改革。 与公共健康相关：2013年威斯康星州健康素养峰会：改变系统，改变生活将把健康素养专家和致力于提高健康素养的人聚集在一起，他们将分享他们所知道的，这样其他人就可以利用这些信息来帮助他们所服务的人。我们将与全国成人扫盲教育工作者、医疗保健提供者、公共卫生专业人员和政策制定者讨论健康素养政策、研究成果和教育方法，他们将能够利用这些信息，使人们更好地了解健康信息，改善健康结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Abstract: With almost 9 out of 10 American adults having significant difficulty understanding health information, we have a major problem that is not well recognized threatening the health and safety of most of our population. This 3 day conference will address this issue by disseminating evidence-based information to 335 adult literacy educators, health care providers, public health staff and a variety of other professionals with an emphasis on facilitating multi-level systems change within the field of health literacy. The meeting will enable unique learning and networking opportunities that build upon the assets of various perspectives, from academic research to medical practice to adult education. Using the methods of four previous successful conferences, we will target invitations to specific groups including physicians, public health professionals and literacy educators, invite national, regional and local speakers to summarize and communicate policy recommendations, research findings, evidence-based information, tools, and adult education interventions. Our audience will include people within organizations that have the capability to use the information to improve the outcomes, quality, access to, cost and utilization of health care services especially for low income and minority groups, women, children, the elderly and those living in rural areas. The specific aims of the 2013 Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit: Changing Systems, Changing Lives are: 1. Disseminate evidence-based health literacy practices and interventions that can be used by the audience to address health literacy within their organization; 2. Engage speakers to address health literacy systems change at the individual, organizational, societal and policy levels; 3. Present the health literacy work of organizations that represent one or more of the 10 attributes of a health literate organization; 4. Conduct a pre-Summit meeting to share experience and provide technical assistance for building and sustaining statewide health literacy coalitions; 5. Provide conference scholarships to attract a national and regional audience including primary care practice- based network physicians, adult literacy providers, public health staff, parish nurses and free clinic administrators that will be able to apply what they learn and influence system change. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The 2013 Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit: Changing Systems, Changing Lives will bring together health literacy experts and people working to improve health literacy who will share what they know, so others may use the information to help people they serve. We will talk about health literacy policies, research findings, and education methods with a national audience of adult literacy educators, health care providers, public health professionals, and policymakers who will be able use the information so people better understand health information and improve health outcomes.