Looking to expand your knowledge of health literacy?\u00a0 Need practical tools for improving health literacy in your hospital, community or university?\u00a0 Join leaders in the field of health literacy at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, California (near Orange County airport) May 6-7, 2010, for the 9th Annual Health Literacy Conference sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA). Focusing on \u201cHealth Literacy in the Real World: Programs and Solutions that Work,\u201d the conference features the latest in health literacy practical tips and tools for improving health literacy, poster presentations, and opportunities for small group discussion and networking with a variety of health professionals.<\/p>\n
In addition, this year\u2019s program highlights librarians\u2019 roles in health literacy.\u00a0 A panel of health sciences librarians, including PNR’s Gail Kouame,\u00a0 will report on MLA\/NLM\u2019s To further spark your interest, Medical Library Association CE credit will be granted for attendance, and librarians will receive a $20 conference registration discount (use Discount Code ML10 when you register to get the discount).<\/p>\n For additional information, visit www.iha4health.org<\/a> and click on “2010 Health Literacy Conference,” or contact:<\/p>\n Kathleen Amos or Jean Shipman (for general information)<\/p>\n Email: Kathleen.Amos@utah.edu<\/a>; or\u00a0 jean.shipman@utah.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Phone: (801) 587-9246 (Kathleen); (801) 581-8771 (Jean)<\/p>\n Michael Villaire (for conference logistics)<\/p>\n Email: mvillaire@iha4health.org<\/a><\/p>\n Phone: (562) 690-4001 ext. 202<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Looking to expand your knowledge of health literacy?\u00a0 Need practical tools for improving health literacy in your hospital, community or university?\u00a0 Join leaders in the field of health literacy at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine, California (near Orange County airport) May 6-7, 2010, for the 9th Annual Health Literacy Conference sponsored by the Institute for… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-regional-news","category-training-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17373,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/17373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHealth Information Literacy Research Project funded by the National Library of Medicine and several other librarian\/health provider partnership initiatives in a session, \u201cLooking for Health Literacy Solutions? Partner with a Librarian.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 Participate in this and other informative sessions and visit the IHA-sponsored Joint MLA and NN\/LM exhibit table.\u00a0 A complete conference program is available at www.iha4health.org<\/a> ; click on “2010 Health Literacy Conference.”<\/p>\n