Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i39CIcm23066; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:18:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:18:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000d01c41e2c$39df8240$317e6a44@DCTJ8M11> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "kate singleton" <katesingleton@cox.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10216] ESL and health literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1292 Lines: 54 Hello Listmembers. Yesterday I attended the Institute of Medicine's event to mark the the release of its report Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. I was happy to find that the report emphasizes the importance of adult literacy and ESL programs' inclusion in efforts to address adult health literacy problems in the United States. Understanding of health literacy in the report is broad in scope and encompasses cultural, problem-solving, and self-advocacy skills in addition to basic literacy skills. IOM board members emphasized the need to advocate for increased funding for health literacy efforts from private and government sources. If your program is interested in seeking funding for a health literacy project, traditional funders for health literacy- and health disparities-related issues have included: Pfizer Foundation http://www.pfizerhealthliteracy.com/ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation http://www.rwjf.org/ Commonwealth Fund http://www.cmwf.org/index.asp Agency for Health Care Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/ Kate Singleton Author, Picture Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy and The Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit katesingleton@cox.net IOM board members also emphasized the need to appeal for funding
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