Health Literacy Month

From: Helen Osborne (Helen@healthliteracy.com)
Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 14:52:31 EDT


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From: "Helen Osborne" <Helen@healthliteracy.com>
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Nan Gilmore asked about Health Literacy Month.

Health Literacy Month, to be held in October, is campaign to raise awareness
about the need for understandable health information. Organizations, large
and small, took part in the first-ever Health Literacy Month in 2000. By
every account, it was a great success.

Health Literacy Month is a grassroots event in which health literacy
advocates everywhere raise awareness in their local communities. Many of us
worked together to create the Health Literacy Toolbox web site,
www.prenataled.com/healthlit/default.asp, as a resource for this event.

NIFL-Health is a wonderful forum to brainstorm about Health Literacy Month
2001. I will be a cheerleader and repository of who is doing. Beyond that,
Health Literacy Month needs volunteers. Please let me know how you can help.
I can be reached at helen@healthliteracy.com

~Helen

Helen Osborne, MEd., OTR/L
Author of "Overcoming Communication Barriers in Patient Education"
Phone: 508-653-1199 * Fax: 508-650-9492
mailto:Helen@healthliteracy.com
http://www.healthliteracy.com



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