Healthy Reentry Coalition of Kentucky
We are a statewide coalition working to support citizens in
Limited health literacy affects us all and it will take all of us to effectively deal with these challenges.
Health Literacy is “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.” (Affordable Care Act, 2010)
Health Literacy Kentucky hopes to:
- Encourage cross-discipline partnerships for health literacy programs across the state
- Raise awareness of the issues related to health literacy in communities across the state
- Provide training for healthcare professionals and healthcare systems
- Foster the development of ongoing health literacy research in Kentucky
- Share Kentucky-specific health literacy challenges, interventions, successes, and failures
Steering Committee
Emily Beauregard, MPH
Kentucky Voices for Health (Co-chair)
Jean Edward, PhD, RN, CHPE
UK School of Nursing (Co-chair)
Liza Creel, PhD, MPH
UofL Commonwealth Institute of Kentucky
Liz Edghill, RN, BSN
BA Family Health Centers
Emily Chambers, UK
AHEC
Heather Norman-Burgdorf, PhD
UK Cooperative Extension
Jim Ballard, EdD, MS
UK Center for Interprofessional Health Education
Craig Martin, PharmD, MBA
UK College of Pharmacy
Brent Wright, MD
Provider Representative
David Susman, PhD
Provider Representative
Events
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