Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBrbH09756 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:37 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311153.f7VBrbH09756@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from f04n01.cac.psu.edu (f04s01.cac.psu.edu [128.118.141.31]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f36GgMg09652 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:42:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [146.186.96.31] (rack31.ed.psu.edu [146.186.96.31]) by f04n01.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA88530 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:42:22 -0400 X-Sender: blv1@email.psu.edu Message-Id: <p0500190bb6f39f2519e0@[146.186.96.31]> In-Reply-To: <200104051844.f35IiBg27533@literacy.nifl.gov> References: <200104051844.f35IiBg27533@literacy.nifl.gov> Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:42:21 -0400 To: nifl-health@nifl.gov From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> Subject: Re: Health and literacy collaborations Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" 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: 1922 Lines: 40 Dear health literacy subscribers, Debbie Yoho wrote: >...I was observing that ...there needs to be more dialog between >health and literacy practitioners, and that health practioners >should turn to literacy folk to collaborate. What I notice is >literacy folk incorporating health information into literacy >instructon, and health folk learning about the literacy problem and >trying to write easier to read, but often neither effort involves >much collaboration beween the two. What do you think about this? I agree with Debby's observation. I also notice that some health professionals have the impression that the adult basic and literacy education system has limited value because programs serve a small percentage of adults in need of literacy services -- and because it's perceived that adults attend these for very short periods of time. Therefore, why should health professionals bother working with them... As a literacy professional, I was concerned about this perception. Perhaps, it isn't shared by that many health professionals. If this is a common perception about adult literacy services; however, we need to address it if we expect to partner with health professionals to improve adults' health knowledge and build the underlying basic (e.g., reading, listening, speaking) and higher order (e.g., problem-solving, decision-making, metacogntivie) skills that will assist adults' in being more able to function effectively within the health care system. -- ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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