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Need assistance? Call us at 1.510.649.3001 greater burden of disease, particularly The template comes with a number of pre-formatted placeholders for headers and text AND (racial disparity), (health literacy) AND (ethnicity), (health literacy) blocks. You can add more blocks by copying and considering chronic conditions AND ((racial disparity) OR (health outcomes)) pasting the existing ones or by adding a text box QUICK START ○ These populations face a number of from the HOME menu. ● Inclusion criteria: challenges: low health literacy, lack Text size Zoom in and out Adjust the size of your text based on how much content you have to As you work on your poster zoom in and out to the level that is more of health insurance, limited English ○ published in the last 10 years present. The default template text offers a good starting point. Follow comfortable to you. the conference requirements. Go to VIEW > ZOOM. proficiency, and lack of effective ○ includes a valid measure for health literacy

patient-provider How to add Tables ○ explicitly considers race/ethnicity as a factor Title, Authors, and Affiliations ● Low health literacy is associated with To add a table from scratch go to the INSERT menu and Start designing your poster by adding the title, the names of the authors, ● Health literacy, as defined by Healthy click on TABLE. A drop-down box will help you select rows and the affiliated institutions. You can type or paste text into the ○ poor health outcomes in asthma, diabetes, and columns. provided boxes. The template will automatically adjust the size of your People 2020, is an individual’s ability You can also copy and a paste a table from Word or another PowerPoint text to fit the title box. You can manually override this feature and and heart failures document. A pasted table may need to be re-formatted by RIGHT-CLICK > change the size of your text. to comprehend and assess relatively Summary of Literature FORMAT SHAPE, TEXT BOX, Margins. ○ failure to adhere to medical instruction TIP: The font size of your title should be bigger than your name(s) and Graphs / Charts institution name(s). basic health information in order to ○ percieved quality of care You can simply copy and paste charts and graphs from Excel or Word.

make informed and adequate Some reformatting may be required depending on how the original ○ high risk behaviors document has been created. decisions related to one’s health ● Majority: African Americans and Hispanics How to change the column configuration Adding Logos / Seals ○ It is a function of systems that have lower level of health literacy and suffer RIGHT-CLICK on the poster background and select LAYOUT to see the Most often, logos are added on each side of the title. You can insert a column options available for this template. The poster columns can also logo by dragging and dropping it from your desktop, copy and paste or by includes socio-cultural factors, from poorer health outcomes be customized on the Master. VIEW > MASTER. going to INSERT > PICTURES. Logos taken from web sites are likely to be low quality when printed. Zoom it at 100% to see what the logo will look ● Race is insignificant once and education levels, and How to remove the info bars like on the final poster and make any necessary adjustments. If you are working in PowerPoint for Windows and have finished your

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