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 i4LHCLm07874; Fri, 21 May 2004 13:12:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 13:12:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <410-22004552116563450@earthlink.net> 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: "Debbie Yoho" <dwyoho@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4420] For Your Info X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 2004.1.89.0 (Windows) Status: O Content-Length: 1507 Lines: 42 Posted by the moderator fro another source: The following is from a press release dated April 8, 2004: "The nation's estimated 90 million adults with lower-than-average reading skills are less likely than other Americans to get potentially life-saving screening tests such as mammograms and Pap smears, to get flu and pneumonia vaccines, and to take their children for well child care visits, according to a new evidence report released today by Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ commissioned the evidence review at the request of the American Medical Association. People with a low level of literacy have difficulty reading newspapers and other simple information such as directions for taking medications or hospital discharge instructions. They are also more likely to be hospitalized, which may be because physicians are concerned about the patients' abilities to follow basic instructions and care for themselves at home when they are sick." The full text of the report can be found online at: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/evrptpdfs.htm#literacy A summary can be found online at: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/litsum.htm The full press release is available on line at: http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/litpr.htm Debbie Yoho Moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv Past-president, SC Adult Literacy Educators Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council 2728 Devine Street Columbia, SC 29204 dwyoho@earthlink.net 803-765-2555
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