Egal Shidad Project featured in poster at IHA Conference

The Egal Shidad Project's ELL Partner, Susan Bockrath, presented a poster at the IHA Health Literacy Conference May 7-8, 2009.

This conference brings together many of the top practitioners and researchers in the field of health literacy. While its definition is continuing to evolve, "health literacy" includes communication skills and abilities of both health care providers and consumers as well as the knowledge that both parties need to make sense of new health information.

The Egal Shidad Project was a great fit for this conference. The project curricula and media really get at the heart of building the health literacy of Somali community members and of the health care providers who serve them. Check the conference website here