Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g1MH5xu19117; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:05:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:05:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <155.963ae3c.29a7d377@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Dwyoho@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3574] "The Maturing Partnership" X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 121 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_155.963ae3c.29a7d377_boundary" Status: O Content-Length: 3434 Lines: 55 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In the latest issue of Focus on Basics, Rima Rudd offers a wonderful summary of the history of the "maturing partnership" of the health and literacy fields to address partient/learner/consumer needs. I find it interesting that she notes that in the 80's and 90's , "The main focus of most of the literacy and health inquiries, however, were studies of the reading level of written health education materials". I think that often on our list this appears to be the case with many of the posted questions and responses. If you agree, why do you think this is? Dr. Rudd asserts: ""...strategies must be two-fold: increase adults' health-related literacy skills and increase health professionals' communication skills". No doubt we can agree that writing plainly is a part of communication, but why does our discussion seem to center so much on crafting written resources? I don't offer this observation as a criticism. I'm interested in what dynamcis bring us again and again to the written word--when the field is flush with so many other aspects of health literacy? Anyone care to speculate? Deborah W. Yoho Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council Co-Moderator, NIFL-Health Discussion Group 921 Woodrow Street Columbia, SC 29205 803-765-2555 Fax: 803-799-8417 dwyoho@aol.com Agency email: litcola@mail.com
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