[NIFL-HEALTH:3342] Re: easy-to-read nutrition ed

From: Susan Auger (sauger@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 10:14:02 EDT


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Dear Alicia-
We carry an easy-to-read series of bilingual (Spanish/English) photonovelas
on prenatal care, including nutrition (food guide pyramid and using WIC).
They have been extensively field-tested among Latino families with low
educational levels from a wide range of Latin American families and also
health care providers. (In our field-testing we found both perspectives were
very important to address.)
They have a built-in "ESL" component- with key words used in the stories and
a corresponding glossary at the end of each story (also field-tested).  The
materials were developed in response to needs identified during a
collaborative project between a local health department and a community
college ESL program.  Visit our website www.aprendopress.com for more info
(we're still doing alot of 'constructing' right now) or contact me directly.
Hope this is helpful!

Susan Auger
President, Aprendo Press
email:  sauger@mindspring.com
tel: 919-361-1857

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alicie White" <awhite@nal.usda.gov>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:22 AM
Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3341] easy-to-read nutrition ed


> Dear Health Literacy Listserv Members:
>
> I am putting together a list of basic nutrition education materials that
are
> appropriate for audiences with limited literacy skills.  Ideally materials
> will read at or below the 6th grade level (of course piloting with
specific
> audiences would be needed but this could serve as a starting point for
> educators).  Do you know of such a list already in existence or other
> materials that fit this description?  Photonovellas, pictographs, and
> easy-to-read brochures, pamphlets, etc.?  Topics falling under basic
> nutrition may include the Food Guide Pyramid, eating less fat, shopping,
> cooking, etc.
>
> I appreciate any assistance that you can provide on this topic.
>
> -Alicia
>
> ********************************************************************
> Alicia White, MS, RD
> Nutrition Information Specialist
> Food and Nutrition Information Center
> National Agricultural Library
> 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Rm 105
> Beltsville, MD 20705
> (301) 504-6053
>



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