Creating Health Literacy Focused Systems to Decrease Disparity and Improve Outcomes (PS2A)

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

11:45 AM – 12:05 PM CDT

CE: .33

NCC Codes:
RNC-NIC: 4
NNP-BC: 5
RNC-LRN: 5

Paper Presenter(s)

Michele K. Savin, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC

Assistant Professor and NNP Program Director
Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Disclosure: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Handouts

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Michele K. Savin, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Health literacy has moved beyond the individual to the systemic level. Healthcare literate organizations frame care as a partnership, creating therapeutic relationships, improving outcomes and decreasing costs. Via knowledge around healthcare literacy, nurses can impact social determinants of health at the individual and systemic levels. This presentation will demonstrate how the intersection of communication, literacy and teamwork affects the health of babies, families and healthcare systems. Participants will learn to influence the wellbeing of clients and systems via team-based interventions to improve communication and health literacy.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, the learner will be able to:

Discuss the interaction between health literacy and a persons’ ability to care for themselves and their dependents.
Analyze the effect of communication and health literacy on disparities.
Influence the wellbeing of clients and healthcare systems via team-based interventions to improve communication and health literacy.