Health and Health Care
211 - Health and Health Care: Improving health literacy, cultural awareness, and physician education for older adults and their caregivers, including those with cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other Dementias
Tuesday, July 17
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Location: Executive Room-Lobby Level
Moderator(s)
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Heidi Holt, MPA
Public Health Advisor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Speaker(s)
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Adeline Yerkes, BSN, MPH
Public Health and Women's Health Consultant
Public Health Consultant and Women's Health Consultant
Public Health Consultant and Women's Health Consultant
National Assn of Chronic Disease Directors
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Yu-Hsuan Lin, PhD
Division Director
Surveillance and Research Division, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan
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Adeline Yerkes, BSN, MPH-Empower Patients and Caregivers with Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
Yu-Hsuan Lin, PhD-Social Determinants of Insufficient Healthy Literacy Among the Elderly and Middle-Aged and its Policy Implications of Intervention
Kelsey Donnellan, MPH-• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and Centers for Disease Control: Brain Health Messaging for Tribal Populations
Shannon Haworth, MA-Educating Physicians on Benefits of Blood Pressure Management to Reduce Cognitive Decline
As a person ages, complications with brain health, including dementia, as well as disparities in health literacy can lead to higher costs and burdened living for those living with disease as well as their caregivers. Public health must act quickly and strategically to stimulate needed changes to policies, systems, and environments to mitigate the growing burden of these issues.
In this session, you will understand the latest science on healthy aging, particularly issues related to brain health, cognition, Alzheimer’s disease and health literacy issues. You will also get a first glimpse of new tools, trainings and resources available to enhance your work. First, you will hear from Thailand, about how health literacy is a critical determinant of health. A recent study will be presented that identified the social determinants of insufficient health literacy among the elderly and middle aged and its policy implications for future intervention. You will also hear how The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), worked with subject matter experts and tribal leaders to develop meaningful and public health materials to improve brain health through hypertension management in diverse tribal populations. Collaborating with tribal communities, brain health messages and strategies were modeled, tested, customized, and produced to increase uptake and action by specific tribal populations. Next, we will unveil new information briefs. These briefs are created through a partnership between the CDC and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) to highlight current key issues of the aging population related to brain health. Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFSS) Data, cognitive decline, heart disease and stroke, decreased abilities in certain activities of daily living, and caregiver concerns, were included. Information to improve quality, availability, and accessibility of public health education materials and resources will be shared. And finally, you will hear about a new Preventive Medicine curriculum module produced through a CDC partnership with the National Association of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) with the goal of enhancing physician’s knowledge regarding the connection between heart health and brain health and providing tools and resources to better support their efforts to promote health, prevent dementia and better support people staying healthy in the community.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss Cognitive Decline and its effect on activities of daily living and management of chronic diseases
- Understand the links between insufficient health literacy and sociodemographic factors
- Identify ASTHO’s approach to collaborating with tribal communities in modeling, testing, and implementing public health communication strategies.