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Enhancing Health Literacy in Geriatric Care: Training for Better Communication

The WV GEC aims to improve geriatric healthcare by training faculty in health literacy to enhance communication with seniors. The curriculum focuses on knowledge, skills, and attitudes for effective communication. This project seeks to promote evidence-based interventions and improve care for older adults through better communication strategies with patients, families, and caregivers. The logic model includes HRSA-funded faculty development training to achieve various outcomes at different levels. Implications for projects include building upon early successes, considering students and patients, and measuring outcomes effectively.

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Enhancing Health Literacy in Geriatric Care: Training for Better Communication

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  1. Health Literacy and the WVGEC Mark A. Newbrough, MD, Director Mary Emmett, PhD, Evaluator

  2. Welcome from the GEC • Objective #2: Build a stable and competent workforce for the provision of geriatric healthcare and increase the geriatrics competence of health professions faculty and students • Sub-objective #5: Develop and implement a training/retraining program for faculty in health literacy” • The WVGEC curriculum will focus on improving: (1) knowledge about health literacy (prevalence, and impact on health outcomes), (2) skills for communicating with limited literacy seniors, and (3) attitudes about modifying communication strategies for low-literacy seniors. • Objective #3 is to “Promote evidence-based interventions to improve care of older adults.”

  3. The Big Picture Goal • To improve health outcomes for older adults by increasing the use of improved and consistent strategies for communicating with patients, families, and caregivers who have low- or limited-health literacy.

  4. Logic Models • Need: LHL is a widespread public health problem • Inputs/Activities: HRSA funds WVGEC to do this training • Outputs: Health Literacy Faculty Development Training • Initial Outcomes: # of faculty trained, number of hours delivered, participant satisfaction with the training • Intermediate Outcomes: KSAs / efficacy / competency of faculty (both clinical and teaching) • Distal Outcomes: Changes in teaching and clinical activities after training event

  5. Distal Outcomes (cont.) • Teaching • Primary student: # of students exposed to new learning re: HL • Secondary student: KSAs of students / efficacy / competency • Tertiary student: Students actually incorporate HL skills into practice • Clinical • Primary patient: # of patients exposed to new communication model • Secondary patient: changes in patients as result of improved communication • Tertiary patient: Change in health outcomes as result of improved communication and patient self-efficacy

  6. Implications for Projects • Low hanging fruit • Build upon early successes • Consider both your students and your patients • Think about how you might measure outcomes for both • We are here to help

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