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2023 Community Engagement Institute (CEI) Symposium: Building Health Literacy in Communities
Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Ι  8am-3pm

In support of National Health Literacy Month, join the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Partner Network for the annual Community Engagement Institute (CEI) Symposium on Building Health Literacy in Communities. This year's event is in-person at the Hilton Birmingham Downtown at UAB. Addressing health literacy and ways that communities can work together to build momentum toward advancing health equity is our purpose.

Learn the importance of using health literacy practices to meet the needs of your community and ways that organizations and the people they serve can work together. Join our interactive sessions with (1) speakers, (2) panelists and (3) community partners to share resources, raise awareness and provide education and insight to build health literacy for better health outcomes in our communities.

The CEI Symposium is a collaboration of the CCTS Partner Network, the Center for the Study of Community Health, the Forge AHEAD Center and the communities we serve.

The Community Engagement Institute (CEI) Symposium will include interactive sessions focusing on health literacy practices to meet the needs of the community and ways that organizations and the people they serve can work together. Discussions of partnering to improve underserved communities will intersect health literacy, patient safety, and health & well-being. Symposium sessions will aim to empower attendees to transform information into actions for themselves, their families, and their communities to support improved health outcomes.

Master of Ceremonies

William Barnes
President and Chief Executive Officer
Birmingham Urban League, Inc

Keynote Speakers

Presentation Title: Engaging Community Health Workers to Promote Health Literacy and Achieve Health Equity” Catherine Haywood, Board Chairperson with the Louisiana Community Health Outreach Network and Ashley Wennerstrom, PhD, Associate Professor, LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans

Presentation Title: Charting a Course to Healthier Communities: Cahaba Medical Care's Journey in Elevating Health Literacy for Equitable Access and Enhanced Outcomes John B. Waits, MD, CPE, FAAFP CEO, Cahaba Medical Care Foundation Program Director and DIO, Cahaba-UAB Family Medicine Residency

Panel Discussion

"Using AI to Help Build Health Literacy"

Moderator - Sharlene D. Newman, PhD
CEO, Executive Director, Alabama Life Research Institute,
University of Alabama

Stephen Olufemi Sodeke, PhD; D. Bioethics
Resident Bioethicist, Center for Biomedical Research
Professor of Bioethics and Allied Health Sciences
Tuskegee University

James J. Cimino, MD, FACMI, FACP, FNYAM, FAMIA, FIAHSI
Distinguished Professor of Medicine | Director, Informatics Institute
Heersink School of Medicine | The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jake Chen, PhD
Founding Director, Systems Pharmacology AI Research Center (SPARC)
Chief Bioinformatics Officer of the Informatics Institute
Professor of Genetics, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering, UAB

Action Learning

Does your research propose partnering with community members and you want to start off on the right foot? Do you want to improve relationships with your community members? Our next ACTion Learning event will explore some of the missteps that arise in initial encounters that could impact meaningful community transformation.

ACTion Learning uses local actors to illustrate real-life scenarios, where you serve as the “director”, molding the scene as it goes. No role-play is involved, so you can feel free to experience the reactions and consequences in a stress-free learning environment. Theories and models become practical because they become personal.

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