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 i3DER0m16963; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:27:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:27:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <web-6781074@gse.harvard.edu> 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: "Lisa Soricone" <soricoli@gse.harvard.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10223] Re: ESL and health literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.1.6c Status: O Content-Length: 1618 Lines: 66 Kate - Could you tell us how to get a hold of this report? (It's very pertinent to a project we're working on at NCSALL.) Is it available on the web? Thank you! Lisa Soricone On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:18:21 -0400 (EDT) "kate singleton" <katesingleton@cox.net> wrote: >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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