News & Updates

Health Literacy Presentation at PACHC Integration Summit

On April 8, 2024, Kelsey Salazar and Sehrish Rashid delivered a presentation titled Beyond (SDOH) Screening: Strategies to Incorporate Health Literacy & Trauma Informed Principles at the Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PACHC) 2024 Integration...

Susan Cosgrove Says Farewell to HCIF

by pahlc

On October 24th, our Senior Director of Community Impact, Susan Cosgrove, said farewell to HCIF. Susan joined HCIF ten years ago, and has since led the expansion of HCIF’s Population Health portfolio and team with her unwavering support, compassion and guidance. Susan...

Partner Profile: A Conversation with Phil Landis, DNP, RN, CEN, NPD-BC

by pahlc

For over a decade, PAHLC has supported regional and statewide health literacy initiatives through a Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Pennsylvania Hospital has been a clinical partner in this work since its...

2022 Wisconsin Health Literacy Event Recap

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Hillary Holes, CHES, Director, Health Equity at Healthcare Council of Western Pennsylvania (HCWP), and PAHLC team member attended the 2022 Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit in early April. We asked Hillary to share some of the most impactful moments of her conference...

From Awareness to Action: Advancing Health Equity Through Health Literacy

by pahlc

October is Health Literacy Month! It is the perfect time to reflect on the role that health communication plays in promoting healthy behaviors. Not communicating well can lead to high use of crisis care, lesser use of preventive care, and overall poorer health....

Partner Profile: Rickie Brawer, PhD, MPH, MCHES

by Jibreel Oliver

Dr. Rickie Brawer has been intimately involved with the founding, development, and leadership of the Pennsylvania Health Literacy Coalition (PAHLC) since our inception in 2010. She is one of the original authors of the initial grant application to establish a regional...