Event Type
Presentation
Location
Kansas City Public Library Central Branch, Helzberg Auditorium
Start Date
18-4-2018 1:20 PM
End Date
18-4-2018 2:00 PM
Description
Speaker Bio:
Ruth Parker, MD, Emory University
Dr. Ruth Parker is Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. For over two decades, her work has focused on research, education and advocacy efforts to advance our nation’s health literacy. She is an author of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) and of the definition of health literacy used by Healthy People 2010, the IOM, the NIH, and the Affordable Care Act, as well as many scholarly pieces on health literacy. She is a national associate of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, and serves on advisories to the FDA and PCORI. Dr. Parker served in leadership roles as a health literacy advocate for professional societies including the AMA and the ACP Foundation.
MeSH Keywords
Health Literacy; Social Determinants of Health
Health Literacy: Advancing a Social Determinant of Health
Kansas City Public Library Central Branch, Helzberg Auditorium
Speaker Bio:
Ruth Parker, MD, Emory University
Dr. Ruth Parker is Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. For over two decades, her work has focused on research, education and advocacy efforts to advance our nation’s health literacy. She is an author of the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA) and of the definition of health literacy used by Healthy People 2010, the IOM, the NIH, and the Affordable Care Act, as well as many scholarly pieces on health literacy. She is a national associate of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, and serves on advisories to the FDA and PCORI. Dr. Parker served in leadership roles as a health literacy advocate for professional societies including the AMA and the ACP Foundation.
