Re: [NIFL-HEALTH:3153] Poster Display

From: Linda McIntosh (lmcintosh@mediaone.net)
Date: Tue Jul 03 2001 - 21:13:07 EDT


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Anne, I did a poster on health literacy. For one section I borrowed an idea
I had learned from Sue Stableford at Maine AHEC: First I photocopied a short
piece of text onto a clear overhead slide. Then I photocopied the slide so
that the words were printed backwards. I used this as an example of the
effort necessary to decode when you aren't a good reader. Peoples' responses
were interesting ranging from giving up quickly and saying it was too much
trouble to those who struggled diligently  to make sense of what was
written. It seems a good way to show fluent readers how the other half
reads!

Good luck.
Linda McIntosh, RN CS
lmcintosh@mediaone.net
Coordinator of Patient Education
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge MA



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