Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBraK09751 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:36 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311153.f7VBraK09751@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from imo-m10.mx.aol.com (imo-m10.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.165]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f36GUGg09059 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:30:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pdmolinsky@netscape.net by imo-m10.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v29.14.) id p.1f.12f1f1d (16216) for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:29:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from netscape.com (aimmail01.aim.aol.com [205.188.144.193]) by air-in01.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.37) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 Apr 2001 12:29:49 -0400 Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 12:28:48 -0400 From: pdmolinsky@netscape.net To: nifl-health@nifl.gov Subject: Re: [NIFL-HEALTH:2980] NIFL Needs Your Help Message-ID: <6975454E.38E20020.1000B95A@netscape.net> References: <40.9dc73b7.27fe0f47@aol.com> X-Mailer: Franklin Webmailer 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:36 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 2794 Lines: 59 The situation I am facing right now is searching for patient education materials that are easy to read and that cover a variety of health topics and are culturally appropriate for senior patients. We have assessed our current collection of materials and many of them are at grade levels that are too high. Very few of them target the senior audience. An example of a question I might pose is where could I go to find a brochure on exercise that is easy to read and culturally appropriate for a diverse group of seniors. Paula De Leon Molinsky LifeLong Medical Care Berkeley, CA nifl-health@nifl.gov wrote: > > At the request of the national Institute for Literacy, the following message > has been posted on all NIFL discussion lists. Here's your chance to get > involved: > > Several of us are working on a National Training Team Project for NIFL to > increase the use of LINCS. Our charge is to develop a multi-media training > package that will include CD-ROM as well Internet-based components. The > target audience for this phase of the training is the practitioner. > > Section one of the training will be a general guided tour of LINCS and > section two will be guided explorations of LINCS resources. To insure that > the scenarios in the guided explorations are relevant to practitioners, the > team would like your assistance in getting some topics/questions related to > instruction that a practitioner could come to LINCS to get resources for. > For example, an instructor might ask where in LINCS can I go to get > information on passing the new GED. An ESL instructor might want to know > what LINCS resources there are for civics information. A math instructor > might want to know where there are good supplemental materials for teaching > word problems. > > In the next week of discussion, would you as list subscribers help the team > by posing some questions that real teachers would ask about identifying > resources for use with their students? We on the team really want this > training to be reality based and know that those of you on lists can help us > make it that way. > > Training team members will be monitoring the various lists from now until > April 17 and I'll be compiling a summary of submitted questions. > > Thanks for helping us to develop a useful product and increase the use of > LINCS. > > Judith Rake > Training Team Chair > jrake@warpnet.net > > > > > > > Deborah W. Yoho > Co-moderator, NIFL Health Literacy Discussion Group > Chief Executive Officer > Greater Columbia Literacy Council > 921 Woodrow Street > Columbia, SC 29205 > 803/765-2555 dwyoho@aol.com __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
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