Contributor |
Organization |
Action Idea |
Natalie Crljenic |
University Health Network, Toronto |
- Worked collaboratively to light the CN Tower on 10/2 in blue and orange for HL Month
- Worked collaboratively to light the CN Tower on 10/2 in blue and orange for HL Month
- Contributed a story to UHN News by a Patient Partners, with health literacy experiences
- Posted social media clips with CN Tower images and short clips on health literacy skills
- Promoted Health Literacy Month in hospital displays and our regular email newsletters
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Korinne Callihan |
UK Healthcare |
Distributed HL newsletter with plain language principles attached to a bag filled plain M&M's and a sticker label "Make it PLAIN!". |
MaryAnn Horst Nicolay, MEd, NDTR |
Ohio Health Literacy Partners |
Successfully petitioned the Governor's office to have October declared Health Literacy Month in Ohio! |
Kathryn M. Anderson, MA |
University of New Mexico Hospitals |
Webinar: I See You! Empathy, Equity, and Health Literacy |
Rachel Skoss |
University of Notre Dame Australia |
Launched a resource for caregivers: “Health Care For People Who Need Support: a health literacy guide to support the health of people with cognitive impairment or intellectual disability” |
Katherine Leath & Tonilee Jackson-Price, MS, CHES |
UAMS Center for Health Literacy |
#Plainpledge™ is the name for their month-long social media awareness campaign. They asked people to post selfies holding cards that have a difficult to understand health word that they pledged not to use. |
Anna Allen |
Say Ah! |
Dedicated Health Literacy Month to supporting Janet Ohene-Frempong (and others!) work to Get Out the Vote (#GOTV). Posted on social media platforms about important state voter registration deadlines. |
Carolyn Cutilli PhD RN NPD-BC |
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
- Serving clients at a soup kitchen, giving info on free clinics, and Ask Me 3
- Working with patient education team to units with message about our health organization assessment with game and goodies
- Night shift table in central area on health literate organization assessment with game and goodies
- Patient facing table in ambulatory area with Ask me 3
- Speaker on awareness to action for the health system
- Article in newsletter on health literate organization assessment
- Screensavers on being a health literate organization
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Iris Feinberg |
The Georgia Alliance for Health Literacy and the Adult Literacy Research Center at Georgia State University (GSU) |
Sponsored a lunch time event with the Law and Health Society at GSU, presenting "From Coverage to Care: Advancing Equity through Health Literacy". |
Geri Lynn Baumblett |
Emmi Solutions |
Created a blog series where people from different communities contribute, interact, and get exposure to each other – including patients, clinicians, decision scientists, behavioral economists, journalists, and family caregivers. |
Hope Schwanhausser, MPH, EdS |
Carolinas HeatlhCare System |
Created an online health literacy quiz for employees. |
Krista Wright and Angie Knackstedt |
Children’s Mercy Hospital & Clinics |
Created health literacy hero t-shirts for committee members. Hosted a Champions luncheon for the hospital president, vice-presidents and department managers. Displayed information on health literacy and teach-back to staff, families and visitors using stickers and handouts in English and Spanish. Gave a hospital-wide Hero award to an employee who utilized health literacy principles to provide exceptional communication. |