[NIFL-HEALTH:4590] Health Literacy Month

From: Helen Osborne (helen@healthliteracy.com)
Date: Mon Nov 08 2004 - 14:17:23 EST


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To NIFL-Health,

HLMonth 2004 is now history! My most sincere thanks and appreciation goes to
all of you who were enthused about, participated in, or otherwise worked on
behalf
of this important initiative.

The goal of HLMonth is to let the world know why health literacy matters. We
certainly accomplished that goal this year as evidenced by 32 new HLMonth
map postings -- including those from 16 US states and Canada, Scotland, and
Kenya.

Of note, Iowa stands out from the crowd by having 5 new events posted this
year. Kudos on making a state-wide difference!

Organizations and individuals participated in HLMonth 2004 in meaningful and
creative ways. These included: in-service trainings; public awareness
campaigns; newsletter and newspaper articles; community-wide or regional
task forces; press conferences; chronic disease self-management programs;
library-based events; translated and easier-to-read materials; and health
literacy research grants.

Together, we CAN and DO make a health literacy difference.
Thanks to all of you,
~Helen

Helen Osborne M.Ed., OTR/L
President: Health Literacy Consulting, http://www.healthliteracy.com
Founder: Health Literacy Month, http://www.healthliteracymonth.org
Author: "Health Literacy from A to Z,"
http://www.healthliteracy.com/books.html
E-mail: Helen@healthliteracy.com
Phone: 508-653-1199
31 Highland Street #201, Natick, MA 01760
Subscribe to the free "What's New" elist at www.healthliteracy.com



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