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 gA7Kc4X05685; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:38:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 15:38:05 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <016f01c2869c$85d53d80$6401a8c0@HLC> 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:3803] Health Literacy Month 2002 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: RO Content-Length: 2743 Lines: 62 To NIFL-Health, Health Literacy Month 2002 was a great success! Advocates around the world helped raise awareness about the need for understandable health information. Here are a few of the many highlights: · More than 1,800 people visited the Health Literacy Month Web site, www.healthliteracymonth.com. They came from all parts of the world including North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, South America, and Africa. · As seen on the Health Literacy Month map, this grassroots initiative truly had a global impact. Organizations from 30 states in the US, 5 cities and provinces in Canada, Israel, Kenya, Switzerland, New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, Greece, Egypt, and the Republic of Mauritius all posted information to the map. · Many organizations promoted Health Literacy Month by writing articles for their newsletters or posting links to www.healthliteracymonth.com on their Web sites. One of these organizations was "Health on the Net Foundation," a non-governmental organization in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Here are some of the many ways that organizations participated: · Organized national and regional health literacy conferences and symposia · Ran workshops and gave presentations about health literacy · Distributed Health Literacy Month postcards at conferences and association meetings · Displayed the Health Literacy Month poster · Encouraged patients and families to take greater responsibility for their healthcare · Established Web portals and networks of health information · Encouraged seniors to ask for more plain-language information · Participated in Health Literacy TeleClasses and brainstormed ways to get involved · Helped middle school students educate others about health literacy · Sponsored events to raise money for local health initiatives and programs · Developed health literacy research projects · Wrote articles about health literacy for in-house newsletters and local newspapers · Organized information fairs for the general public · Partnered with me to create, sustain, and promote Health Literacy Month and www.healthliteracymonth.com Our work isn't over. Please contact me by e-mail at helen@healthliteracy.com or by phone (in Massachusetts) at 508-653-1199 to learn how you can get involved in planning Health Literacy Month 2003. Thanks for supporting Health Literacy Month. Together, we truly are making a difference! ~Helen Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L Founding Director, Health Literacy Month President, Health Literacy Consulting Helen@healthliteracy.com www.healthliteracy.com www.healthliteracymonth.com
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