Consumer Health Information: The Canadian Experience,
A Conference to be held June 13, 2001
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario

The Consumer Health Information Providers Interest Group is pleased to announce the first ever national conference on the provision of consumer health information. The purpose of the conference is to review current efforts by agencies, organizations, hospitals, governments and others to provide consumer health information in Canada, and to highlight research and innovative delivery methods in consumer health information.

The Conference will feature a keynote speech, and two selected presentations on key issues in the provision of Consumer Health Information. The first session will focus on a recently published survey of Canadian Consumer Health Information Providers, and the second session will be a panel discussion reviewing current research, from around the world, that discusses the evidence for the effectiveness of providing Consumer Health Information.

In keeping with these themes, we invite presentations from interested persons or organizations on the following topics:

     Providing consumer health information to clients with low literacy levels.
     Providing consumer health information from a multicultural perspective.
     Providing consumer health information on alternative and complementary medicine.
     Providing consumer health information for special populations, such as the elderly, women, or children and teens.
     Providing consumer health information to aboriginal communities.
     Innovative approaches to providing consumer health information.

For details on submitting proposals, visit our web site at: http://www.hhsc.ca/chiconf/