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 i3DEgVm17605; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:42:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000f01c42165$53ef4620$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:10224] Re: 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: 2223 Lines: 90 Lisa and others who are interested, The IOM report on health literacy can be printed from PDF or ordered online from the National Academies Press. The webpage for both options is http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883.html . Kate Singleton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Soricone" <soricoli@gse.harvard.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 10:26 AM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10223] Re: ESL and health literacy > 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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