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 eA70On907450; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 19:24:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 19:24:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001901c0484a$391919e0$b506f7a5@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:2708] HLMonth 2000, Summary 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 HLMonth 2000, Summary Report November 6, 2000 Health Literacy Month 2000 is now history. Many organizations and individuals across the US and Canada participated in HLMonth. Here's a brief summary of how I understood what you told me: * Literacy Volunteers of America posted the HLMonth banner on their Web site * The National Health Information Center added HLMonth to their calendar of events * Ohio State University hosted a Health Literacy Awareness Seminar, with the First Lady (the Governor's wife) acknowledging HLMonth * The Greater Columbia Literacy Council of South Carolina wrote several articles for professional newsletters and also hosted a health literacy reception * The Center for Literacy in Montreal launched a Health Literacy project * A day treatment center in Pennsylvania hosted numerous consumer events at a local drop-in center * Life Long Medical Care in California held a workshop and published a newsletter dedicated to health literacy * Congregational nurses in Texas held meetings, gave out flyers, and ran in-service programs for caregivers, health professionals, volunteers, and university students * The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire held a wide range of in-house as well as collaborative outreach activities, projects, and programs * The Health Education Center, a non-profit affiliate of High Mark Blue Cross Blue Shield, together with the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council in Pennsylvania asked the City Council to proclaim October as Health Literacy Awareness Month. The Health Education Center also organized numerous events to go along with this proclamation * The Indiana Literacy Foundation held an annual conference, with a panel presentation on Literacy and Health * The West Virginia Rural Health Conference highlighted HLMonth * Health Literacy Consulting in Massachusetts held TeleClasses, spoke to consumer and professional groups about health literacy, wrote an article about HLMonth, and was interviewed for a local newspaper * Many individuals also participated. They put health literacy signs on their office doors, added health literacy to their department's agenda, read articles, attended seminars, talked with colleagues, visited the Toolbox Web site, sent out HLMonth postcards, participated in HLMonth TeleClasses, watched the AMA health literacy video, contacted other health literacy advocates in their area, volunteered as literacy tutors, and even considered health literacy as a career choice. Without exception, everyone spoke positively about their participation. Some people are already talking about what they can do for next year's Health Literacy Month. Next time, however, people said that they will try to plan ahead, acquire funding, and put aside more resources to work on and publicize these events. In reflection, the initial goal of Health Literacy Month was met. Together, we spoke with a collective voice about the need for understandable health information. Thank you all, Helen Osborne, MEd., OTR/L Founder, Health Literacy Month & Health Literacy Consulting, Natick, MA Phone: 508-653-1199 * Fax: 508-650-9492 mailto:Helen@healthliteracy.com http://www.healthliteracy.com
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