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 i5GDeL927141; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:40:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:40:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <40D1A64D@www.webmail.hsph.harvard.edu> 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: rrudd <rrudd@hsph.harvard.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4472] RE: nutrition curriculum for GED students X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: WebMail (Hydra) SMTP v3.62 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 4893 Lines: 112 Hello, You might enjoy looking at the Sisters Together materials for some interesting materials and ideas. Sisters Together is now a national program of the NIDDK -- the institute at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on obesity [and its relation to diabetes and other disorders]. A small group of us in New England developed and tested the model program called Sisters Together Move More Eat Better. We've kept the materials we developed on line so that others can use them: www.hsph.harvard.edu/sisterstogether. Particularly popular was a booklet on hair and physical activity that we developed outside of our funded work. You can see it on line under the move more section. This model program and the materials developed for it focused on African American women and raises issues that are of concern to all. Rima Rudd >===== Original Message From nifl-health@nifl.gov ===== >Hello, > >I have been asked to deliver a series of nutrition/physical activity >lectures to young women (aged 20-40) who are currently enrolled in the >Families First program. These women are currently working on the skills >needed to pass the GED. > >Does anyone know where I could start? I am looking for general information >related to weight management/weight loss. > >Many thanks, >Lorraine Wallace, Ph.D. >University of TN Graduate School of Medicine > >-----Original Message----- >From: Debbie Yoho [mailto:dwyoho@earthlink.net] >Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:29 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4446] Prostate Cancer > > >This messager is a repeat of a previous post from Sue Stableford, in an >effort to track down a technical problem. Please forgive if you already >received it: (Debbie Yoho, moderator) > >This is a response to the inquiry from Barbara Lambiaso regarding the >project they are developing on prostate cancer prevention, screening and >treatment. I am not writing to comment on a screening tool for limited >literacy, but to share an experience developing a plain language booklet >about treatment choices for early stage prostate cancer and to direct list >members to the treatment booklet. > >A colleague in the Clear Langauge Group, Janet Ohene-Frempong and I, were >the plain language authors of a booklet about treatment choices for early >stage prostate cancer developed collaboratively with the Michigan Cancer >Consortium Prostate Action Committee. The group included physicians, >researchers, patient advocates and a graphic design team. We worked long >and hard producing a piece that included all information essential for >informed patient decision-making at the easiest possible level. > >The final booklet is at an overall 7th grade level according to the Fry >readability formula. Several pages with necessary medical terms are >slightly higher. We found that it was not possible to create written >information that fully disclosed risks and benefits of treatment choices at >a lower reading level. Ideally, the patient's physician will discuss the >information, and offer the booklet as a review. The research team continues >with the project, developing and assessing alternative ways of sharing the >same information. > >The May 2004 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine includes an article >about why this new booklet was developed. (See: Fagerlin et al. "Patient >Education Materials about the Treatment of Early-Stage Prostate Cancer: A >Critical Review, pp 721-728) > >You can download the booklet at this web address: www.hsr.msu.edu. Click on >"Making the Coice." > >The CDC distributes some fine plain language booklets about prostate cancer >screening, a decision guide for the general male population and another >specifically for African American men. These can both be downloaded or >ordered from the CDC website under the title "Prostate Cancer Screening." > >Print materials are certainly not a total solution to effective >communication, especially for adults with very limited literacy skills. >But, these booklets are a good start for many. > >Sue Stableford >Click on the booklet titled "Making The Choice." > >Sue Stableford, MPH, MSB, Director >AHEC Health Literacy Center >University of New England >11 Hills Beach Rd. >Biddeford, Maine 04005 >Tel: 207-283-0170 ext 2205 >Fax: 207-294-5961 >email: sstableford@une.edu >Founding Member: The Clear Language Group (www.clearlanguagegroup.com) > > >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 Rima E. Rudd, MSPH, Sc.D. 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