Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e8JDnv908829; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:49:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:49:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <002501c0223e$81f04da0$7302f7a5@l1d9f0> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Helen Osborne" <Helen@healthliteracy.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2561] Health Literacy Month X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: OR Update on Health Literacy Month September 19, 2000 To all, October is Health Literacy Month. Many of you have shared your plans to raise awareness about the need for understandable health information. Many more of you have asked for suggestions of things to do. Here are a few ideas that don't require much time or money: * Download the facts - visit the Health Literacy Toolbox Web site at: http://www.prenataled.com/healthlit/default.asp * Talk with your patients - find out what they find hard to understand, and why * Create a lobby/cafeteria display about health literacy * Write an article about health literacy for your in-house newsletter * Add health literacy to the agenda at your next department meeting * Pose a question about health literacy each day of the month * Introduce yourself to other health literacy advocates in your local area I plan to continue supporting Health Literacy Month by leading TeleClasses. These TeleClasses are a wonderful forum for health literacy advocates from the US and Canada to "meet" each other and share ideas. One of these, "Health Literacy Month: What's Working, What Isn't, and Why" is designed specifically for you to talk candidly about your experiences with our first-ever Health Literacy Month. To find out about these and other Health Literacy Consulting TeleClasses, click on the URL beneath each class listed below, go to www.healthliteracy.com and click on TeleClasses, or contact me directly at Helen@healthliteracy.com. Please also let me know if you would like to receive periodic e-mail announcements of upcoming TeleClasses. Happy planning for Health Literacy Month, Helen Osborne, MEd., OTR/L Health Literacy Consulting, Natick, MA Phone: 508-653-1199 * Fax: 508-650-9492 mailto:Helen@healthliteracy.com http://www.healthliteracy.com **************************************************************************** ******* Upcoming TeleClasses: "How You Can Communicate Better with Patients Who Speak Little of No English" Thursday, September 28, 2000, 4-5 p.m. EST http://www.teleclassinternational.com/listacourse.asp?ID=C810405 "Ways You Can Make Medical Information Understandable" Thursday, October 12, 2000, 4-5 p.m. EST http://www.teleclassinternational.com/listacourse.asp?ID=C100419 "Health Literacy Month: What's Working, What Isn't, and Why" Thursday, October 19, 2000, 4-5 p.m. EST http://www.teleclassinternational.com/listacourse.asp?ID=C810406 "Health Literacy Month: What's Working, What Isn't, and Why" Thursday, November 2, 2000, 4-5 p.m. EST http://www.teleclassinternational.com/listacourse.asp?ID=C810407
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