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[HealthLiteracy 2280] ACP Foundation's Health Literacy Conference

Julie McKinney

julie_mcKinney at worlded.org
Thu Sep 4 11:39:15 EDT 2008


Hi Everyone,

Here's another cconference coming up... Pass on the word!

Julie

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The American College of Physicians (ACP) Foundation will host its
Seventh Annual National Health Communication Conference, New Directions
in Health Literacy, on November 19, 2008. The conference will be
co-sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and held at the National
Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.

This year's conference will focus on the impact of low health literacy
on healthcare quality, medication labels, physicians' practices, and the
linkages between literacy and health literacy. For conference
information and to register, visit
http://foundation.acponline.org/hl/hcc2008.htm



Julie McKinney
Health Literacy List Moderator
World Education
jmckinney at worlded.org



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