APA Health Literacy and Nutrition Combined SIG

Sunday, April 30, 2023

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET

Location: Convention Center: 102 A

CE: Live CME: 3.00

SIG Chair(s)

Alexander Glick, MD, MS (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, United States
Kathleen Head, MD, MS, MPH

Assistant Professor, Associate Medical Director Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
JA

Jaclyn Albin, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Internal Medicine, APD Med-Peds Residency
Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas, United States
Aditi Gupta, DO (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
JS

Joy Solano, MD, MHPE (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Hospital Medicine
Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Disclosure(s):

Alexander F. Glick, MD, MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Kathleen C. Head, MD, MS, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Jaclyn L. Albin, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Aditi Gupta, DO: No financial relationships to disclose

Joy Solano, MD, MHPE: No financial relationships to disclose

Session

Description: Health Literacy and Nutrition SIGs "Do you struggle with identifying patients/families with food insecurity and educating them on how to use available resources to maintain a healthy diet?" “Do you find it difficult to communicate with families from different cultures about healthy eating?” If yes, join the Health Literacy and Nutrition SIGs at PAS 2023 for a combined interactive workshop that will delve deeper into the intersection between food insecurity and health literacy.

After an interactive and lightly competitive game to kick off the session, we will reflect on how food insecurity has affected our patients by sharing real-life patient experiences. We will then transition to our featured speaker, Kofi Essel MD, a local pediatric food insecurity expert, who will present a dynamic talk about communicating with families about food security and resources. Workshop participants will then have an opportunity to further their learning by putting themselves in their patients’ shoes. We will simulate a shopping experience and challenge participants to create a healthy meal plan on a limited budget. They will then practice using their newly acquired knowledge and skills - by evaluating written materials on food insecurity and healthy eating education using a health literacy lens. We will conclude the session with Works in Progress and Abstract Presentations followed by some time allocated to SIG business. Faculty, fellows and all level of learners are welcome!

Learning Objectives:

Review best practices in food insecurity screenings
Practice evidence based, health literacy-informed communication strategies to better impart nutrition and health information to families with food insecurity
Reflect on the discomfort that emerges in better understanding the lived experience of patients with limited health literacy and food insecurity

Presentations:

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM ET

Introductions and Game
SIG Speaker: Alexander F. Glick, MD, MS (he/him/his) – NYU Langone Health
11:20 AM – 11:50 AM ET

Introductory Cases
SIG Speaker: Kathleen C. Head, MD, MS, MPH – Medical University of South Carolina
11:50 AM – 12:20 PM ET

Communicating with Families about Food Security and Resources
SIG Speaker: Jaclyn L. Albin, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
12:20 PM – 12:50 PM ET

Applications of Lessons Learned
SIG Speaker: Aditi Gupta, DO (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
12:50 PM – 1:50 PM ET

Works In Progress and SIG Business Meetings
SIG Speaker: Joy Solano, MD, MHPE (she/her/hers) – Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics