Empowering Women’s Health: Redesigning Education for Accessibility and Equity
Recorded On: 10/23/2025
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This webinar will demonstrate how women's health education materials can be improved significantly by integrating health literacy concepts. Attendees will gain actionable insights on health literacy strategies to rework current materials and how to standardize the development process for future materials. Attendees will learn practical tools and methodologies that can be implemented immediately to improve health education for the diverse populations in their community.
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe accessibility and health literacy tools.
- Apply practical tools and methodologies that can be implemented to improve health education for diverse populations in their community.
Competencies that will be covered include:
6.3.1 Use communications theory to develop or select communication message(s).
6.3.2 Develop persuasive communications (e.g., storytelling and program rationale).
1.3.2 Determine the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, skills, and behaviors that impact the health and health literacy of the priority population(s)
Sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I contact education contact hours. Provider ID #98029 and Program ID PM98029_01743DL.
SOPHE is a provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) Renewal Credits. A total of 1.0 CPH Renewal credits are provided on behalf of the National Board of Public Health Examiners.
Kelcy Wenger
MPH Candidate
Kelcy Wenger brings a unique blend of academic rigor and real-world experience. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Biology from Baylor University, she was the Chief of Staff for over eight years at a Central Texas nonprofit serving women who have experienced exploitation and trafficking. Utilizing her skills in project management and integrating emotional intelligence, she collaboratively built programs focused on economic empowerment and holistic health. Kelcy works at Waco-McLennan Public Health as a Health Education Specialist focused on maternal and infant health. Kelcy is passionate about eliminating barriers to wellness for women by addressing social drivers of health and equitable access through cross-sector collaboration and community engagement.
Jami Rae Carlson, BS-AHS, CHES, CTTS (Moderator)
Health Promotion Specialist II
Vanderburgh County Health Department
Jami is a graduate of Indiana University with a passion for Community Health focusing on promoting primary prevention education. In her role at Vanderburgh County Health Department in Evansville, Indiana, she works in diabetes prevention, assisted in developing a youth nicotine cessation program, and works with pregnant clients and their families in nicotine cessation.
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