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 g2RJemu00464; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:40:49 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:40:49 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <005001c1d5c6$d22a1a20$1eb406d1@n9x5e7.sbo.ma.cable.rcn.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: "Helen Osborne" <helen@healthliteracy.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3630] Communications and visual impairments X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1802 Lines: 50 To my NIFL-Health colleagues, Perhaps you can help. I was recently contacted by a student getting his MBA in Design Management. He wants to know more about "the impact of graphic communications/typography on the visually impaired, not only those currently labelled 'blind', but as a much broader issue in the face of a large ageing population. " He is particularly interested in how this issue pertains to healthcare, and is searching for "a sense of the specific, practical issues that people face, and the way in which small, incremental improvements can sometimes make a big difference in people's lives." The student asked 4 questions (see below) that perhaps you can help me answer. You can either reply to this e-mail and we can all read your response, or send a message privately to me at helen@healthliteracy.com and I will summarize your answers. Thanks, as always. ~Helen Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L Health Literacy Consulting, Natick, MA Phone: 508-653-1199 E-mail: helen@healthliteracy.com Web site: http://www.healthliteracy.com *************************************************** The questions are: 1. What are some of the most important practical issues impacting healthcare access with respect to graphic communications? e.g.: print materials, drug packaging, healthcare facility signage, web-based information, etc? 2. Put another way, what are the lifestyle/health-related issues of the visually impaired that could be assisted w/ improved graphic communication materials? 3. In your experience, what are the barriers to implementing change? e.g.: money, lack of appreciation & understanding of the issue, politics, bureaucracy, lack of research/quantified data, all of the above? 4. Any critical issues I may not have identified on which you have a unique perspective?
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