Health Literacy in Diabetes Practice
Ontario
You talk to your clients but do they understand?
Join Dr. Linda Shohet, Executive Director of the Centre for Literacy, and learn the importance of health literacy to your practice.
-What is health literacy?
-Understand the impact of literacy on health outcomes
-Learn how to identify clients with low literacy skills
-Gain verbal and written clear language skills using diabetes related applications and MORE
(This videoconference series is broadcast live via Ontario Telemedicine Network & in partnership with Frontier College)
http://www.frontiercollege.ca/
WHEN: Thursday, December 1, 2011
1:30 PM -3:30 PM
WHO: Health care providers working with clients living with diabetes or at risk
COST:FREE
WHERE: There are 49 sites across Ontario participating. See the list below and the regional contact information to register.
***PRE REGISTRATION REQUIRED***
To register for the below 14 locations in South West Ontario, contact or 519-673-1630 x.223
Meaford Hospital
Owen Sound Hospital
Southampton Hospital
Kincardine Hospital
Sauble Family Health Team
Exeter Hospital
Clinton Family Health Team
St. Thomas Hospital
Newbury Hospital
Strathroy Hospital
Parkwood Hospital, London
Stratford Hospital
St. Marys Hospital
Tillsonburg Hospital
For the below site in North Eastern Ontario, contact Vicki Mudrick at 705-568-228 or to register
Kirkland & District Hospital
For the below 3 locations in the Sarnia area, contact Sharon Cathcart to register
or 519-332-0373
Central Lambton Family Health Team, Petrolia
North Lambton Community Health Cetre, Forest
North Lambton Community Health Centre, Sarnia
For the below 2 locations in the Chatham area, contact Joyce Montrose to register
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Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Chatham Campus
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Sydenham Campus
For the below 10 locations in Central West Ontario, contact Heidi Fraser to register at or 519-742-1481 x.225
Listowel Memorial Hospital
Louise Marshall Hospital, Mt. Forest
Diabetes Care Family Health Team, Guelph
Headwaters Health Care Centre, Orangeville
Woolwich Community Health Centre, St. Jacobs
Langs Farm Community Health Centre, Cambridge
Langs Farm Community Health Centre, North Dumfries
Grand River Hospital, Kitchener
East Wellington Family Health Team, Erin
For the below 4 locations in North West, Ontario, contract Richard Boon to register at or 807-577-4232 x.223
Dryden Diabetes Centre
Canadian Mental Health Association, Thunder Bay
Atikokan General Hospital
For the below 2 locations in Central East Ontario, contact Elaine Petreman to register at or 705-742-2733
Port Hope Community Health Centre
Christian Horizons, East District Hospital, Peterborough
For the below 4 locations in Eastern Ontario, contact Renee Lebovitz Pelletier to register at or 613-688-5933
Centretown Community Health Centre, Ottawa
Bruyere Continuing Care, Ottawa
Pembroke Regional Hospital
Carleton Place & District Hospital
York Central Hospital
For the below 3 locations in Central South Ontario, contact Lucy Florio to register at or 905-540-2512
St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton
Hamilton Family Health Team
Hamilton Health Science Centre, McMaster Site
For the below 3 locations in GTA, Ontario, contact Anne Le Quang to register at or 416-408-7145
York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill
Durham Regional Diabetes Network, Oshawa
Central West Community Care Access Centre, Brampton
Canadian Mental Health, York Region, Vaughan Office
Canadian Mental Health, York Region, Markham Office
Toronto Rehab
Oshawa CHC
For the below 4 location in Niagara, Ontario contact Terri Young to register at or 905-646-4843 x.3
Bridges Community Health Centre, Port Colborne
Beamsville Family Health Team
Niagara Health System
Frontier College is a national, non-profit literacy organization. We work with children, youth and adults to improve their literacy skills. As a pioneer in Canadian literacy we endeavour to broaden the scope of national conversation on the importance of literacy. Health literacy research and practice in Canada dates back to the late 1980s when the Ontario Public Health Association collaborated with Frontier College on a literacy and health project. Frontier College has been part of a national working group on Health Literacy since 1994. As an organization, we work with volunteers and community partners through a variety of programs to give people the skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential and contribute to society. Founded in 1899 as Canada’s original literacy organization, Frontier College has helped millions of Canadians to improve their literacy skills. To learn more visit, Frontier College