Navigating Complexity: Health Literacy as a Foundation for Health Equity
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- Health Technology Education Program
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- James (Jay) Duhig
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- Please join the Health Technology Education Program for a presentation by James (Jay) Duhig at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in 3019 Huff Hall. Duhig leads AbbVie's Office of Health Literacy within Patient Safety, working to make medicine and clinical research information clearer, more usable and more meaningful for patients and other health care audiences. His experience spans health literacy, human factors, patient engagement, risk communication, regulatory affairs and medical devices. Duhig also serves on the advisory board for the MS program in Health Technology.
Navigating Complexity: Health Literacy as a Foundation for Health Equity
Health care has become increasingly complex, placing growing demands on people to find, understand, evaluate and use information to make decisions about their health. Drawing on lessons from a career spanning health literacy, patient safety, human factors, risk communication, patient engagement and regulatory science, James (Jay) Duhig explores in this lecture how health literacy can help people navigate that complexity.
The lecture will examine the evolution of health literacy from a focus on individual understanding to a broader responsibility to design information, communications and health care experiences around the needs of the people they are intended to serve. It will also consider health literacy as a vital component of health equity, recognizing that everyone should have a meaningful opportunity to understand their choices, participate in decisions and navigate health care successfully. Ultimately, achieving health equity requires more than providing information. It requires creating environments in which all people can access, understand and use health information to make informed decisions that reflect their needs, values and circumstances.