Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBrf109796 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:41 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311153.f7VBrf109796@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from tisch.mail.mindspring.net (tisch.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.157]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f39KP3g16305 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:25:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from l1d9f0 (user-2ive23r.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.8.123]) by tisch.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA12742 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:25:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <003501c0c131$857d17e0$7b08f7a5@l1d9f0> From: "Helen Osborne" <Helen@healthliteracy.com> To: <nifl-health@nifl.gov> References: <3ACF9F62.9116AD59@netins.net> Subject: Re: [NIFL-HEALTH:2992] Re: Health and literacy collaborations Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 16:13:18 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:41 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 2694 Lines: 59 To Archie Willard, I want to thank you for the leadership role you are taking in health literacy. You are a wonderful, articulate advocate for understandable health information. It means a lot when you, as an adult learner, say that medical professionals are doing good work. With adult learners, medical professionals, and literacy specialists all working together - we can make a difference. Thanks for your great work. Regards, Helen Helen Osborne, MEd., OTR/L Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Author of "Overcoming Communication Barriers in Patient Education" Phone: 508-653-1199 * Fax: 508-650-9492 mailto:Helen@healthliteracy.com http://www.healthliteracy.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Archie Willard <millard@netins.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 7:18 PM Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2992] Re: Health and literacy collaborations > The past year I have had the opportunity to meet and work with the > American Medical Association Foundation. I feel they are very aware of > the literacy problems in our country and they are working hard for answers > and want to bring understanding about health-literacy problems to all > health professionals. I have also had the opportunity to communicate with > some doctors who are dedicated to bringing health-literacy awareness to > others, looking for answers from the literacy field, and working on many > different health-literacy projects. On March 3, at the AMA 2001 National > Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, I had the opportunity to present > with Herman I. Abromowitz, MD and Terry Davis, PhD (Red Flags for Low > Health Literacy). Physicians, residents and medical students attended this > session. The message was that health illiteracy is a significant barrier > to quality health care. The hope of this presentation was that the > "participants will become ambassadors for this program and encourage their > constituencies to develop programs that will help other physicians and > health care professionals learn what they can do to help patients better > understand health information." There was good media coverage on the > local and national levels. > > Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company has been holding workshops and has been > working with the Plain English people to help the writers of their > materials to write on a "plain English" level. Although we can always see > that more should be done, I feel that medical professionals are doing good > work in the health-literacy area. I also feel that health-literacy can > bring more awareness to illiteracy in our country. > > > Thanks, > Archie Willard > Adult Learner > President Emeritus, VALUE
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