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 h8NDuEV27452; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:56:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:56:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3F704E50.EF27623E@nmdp.org> 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: Martha Burton Santibáñez <mburton@nmdp.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4148] RE: Looking for volunteer CD reviewers X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) Status: O Content-Length: 2154 Lines: 60 Thank you! Your packet is in the mail. Martha "Johnston-Lloyd, Linda (HRSA)" wrote: > I would.... in English. > > Linda Johnston Lloyd, Public Health Advisor > HRSA Center for Quality and Office of the Chief Medical Officer > Room 7-100 Parklawn Building > 5600 Fishers Lane > Rockville, MD 20857 > 301-443-0831 > Fax 301-443-9795 > > "The First Wealth is Health" > Ralph Waldo Emerson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martha Burton Santibáñez [mailto:mburton@nmdp.org] > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 2:41 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4129] Looking for volunteer CD reviewers > > Hello everyone! > > I have (yet another) request of fellow listserv members... My colleagues > and I developed a bilingual (English/Spanish) audio CD this year, that > provides basic information about unrelated blood stem cell transplants for > patients who are considering the procedure(s) as a treatment option. > > We intended the CD to be a useful resource for patients and family members > who: > - Have limited literacy > - Prefer to learn by listening > - Speak Spanish as a preferred language, or > - Are English language-learners > > We printed and distributed 2,000 CDs as a pilot project. We've already sent > out evaluations to staff at transplant centers and migrant health clinics > throughout the country and feedback has been very positive. We would like > to add another dimension to our evaluation process, by having it reviewed > from a health literacy/accessible language perspective. Our hope is to > refine the product before we print more, or add more languages. > > Each language is about 15-20 minutes long and is accompanied by a pull-out > insert. If you are interested in having a listen about a medical treatment > that is probably unfamiliar to you, please call (612) 617-8336 or email me > privately and I'll happily send you a packet to review. Unfortunately, I > have a limited number of CDs left, so it will be on a first-come, > first-served basis. > > Many thanks, > > Martha Burton Santibanez > Outreach Specialist, National Marrow Donor Program > (612) 617-8336 > mburton@nmdp.org
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