Cynthia Baur, PhD, is the Director of the UMD Horowitz Center for Health Literacy and will describe the health literacy challenges in the current information environment. She will use COVID-19 communication examples to examine how people think about prevention, health risks and trust. She will offer examples of how health literacy techniques can help clinicians talk to patients and the community at large about our choices and how to be choosey information users.
Dr. Baur is a health literacy and health communication expert focused on improving health literacy at the individual, family, community and organizational levels. She is a professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health and the Principal Investigator on multiple projects on health literacy techniques for clear communication, digital health, diabetes and organizational improvement. She provides expert advice to local, state and national committees and initiatives.
Cynthia Baur, PhD, is the Director of the UMD Horowitz Center for Health Literacy and will describe the health literacy challenges in the current information environment. She will use COVID-19 communication examples to examine how people think about prevention, health risks and trust. She will offer examples of how health literacy techniques can help clinicians talk to patients and the community at large about our choices and how to be choosey information users.
Dr. Baur is a health literacy and health communication expert focused on improving health literacy at the individual, family, community and organizational levels. She is a professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health and the Principal Investigator on multiple projects on health literacy techniques for clear communication, digital health, diabetes and organizational improvement. She provides expert advice to local, state and national committees and initiatives.