Hi all,

Remember to register soon for the Regional Health Literacy Summit in
Indianapolis. The hotel has extended the deadline for the lodging rate to
March 3, 2008.

Kaye

 

Kaye Beall

Project Director

World Education

6760 West Street

Linn Grove, IN 46711

765-717-3942

kaye_beall at worlded.org

www.worlded.org

 


Register now.

 

Regional Health Literacy Summit

March 25-26, 2008

Indianapolis, IN

 



 

The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), through its LINCS Regional
Resource Center in partnership with the Indiana Department of
Education/Division of Adult Education, is convening adult literacy and
health professionals in Indianapolis, IN, on March 25-26, 2008, to share
information about the research on health literacy and resources for
implementing health literacy programming. 

 

Summit presenters will share information on the state of health literacy in
the nation and address how partnerships among adult literacy providers and
health literacy providers can help in eliminating literacy barriers in
accessing quality health care.  

 

Featured Speakers

Paul D. Smith, MD, University of Wisconsin 

Health Literacy: A Clinician's Point of View

 

Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D., Rutgers University 

Advancing Health Literacy: Building Bridges  

 

Panel Presentation featuring health literacy initiatives in .

.         Wisconsin

.         New York

.         Iowa 

.         Rhode Island. 

 

Registration and Lodging

Meal and materials fee: $30.00

Lodging: Holiday Inn Select, (317) 244-6861, group rate until March 3, 2008:
$97.00 plus 15% tax, single or double

 

For summit details and the registration form, go to:
http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/news_events/08hsRRC1agenda.html 

 

Contacts: 

Kaye Beall, kaye_beall at worlded.org

Tim Ponder, tponder at literacy.kent.edu 

 

 

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