Hello again
This time, a message about an email discussion on health education
materials for pwople with low literacy. (thanks Janet Isserlis for
forwarding this). It's hosted by the US-bsed health and literacy
discussion list - all details below. I know some subscribers to this
list are involved with teaching health-related topics to ESOL students
with little literacy. May be of interest.
James
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From: Daphne Greenberg <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "The Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy Discussion List"
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Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:42:59 -0500
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Subject: [PovertyRaceWomen 171] guest speaker on Health and Literacy
Discussion List-cross post
Are you interested in the topic of low literacy health education
materials? If yes, you may be interested in subscribing to the Health &
Literacy Discussion List (to subscribe, go to:
www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy
- you can always unsubscribe at that website when the discussion is
over)
Well known health literacy researchers and advocates, Len and Ceci Doak
and Dr. Peter Houts, will be guest facilitating a discussion on using
pictures in low literacy health education materials from January 8-12,
2007.
They just published an article called "The role of pictures in improving
health communication: A review of research on attention, comprehension,
recall, and adherence." in the journal "Patient Education and
Counseling", and the Doaks are authors of "Teaching Patients With Low
Literacy Skills", which describes some of the earliest health literacy
research, along with practical techniques for communicating clearly with
patients.
If you feel like reading up on the topic, they recommend reading:
Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills, which can be found at:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/doak.html
If interested, please go to:
www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy and subscribe. Remember,
you can always unsubscribe, when the discussion is over!
Daphne Greenberg
Assistant Professor
Educational Psych. & Special Ed.
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
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Daphne Greenberg
Associate Director
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3977
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
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