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 j0LLAtn25168; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:10:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:10:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20050121130444.0321fec0@exchange.adnet-inc.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: Shelley Hourston <wdi@bccpd.bc.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4624] Health Literacy Network online discussion February 10-11 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 2669 Lines: 60 "Every Body Needs & Every Body Deserves Sexual Health Information" The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities' Health Literacy Network is pleased to present our February 10-11, 2005 Online Community Discussion Guests: Gail McVicar, sexual health educator with Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada (PPFC). Margaret Newbury Jones, sexual health educator for people with disabilities, MNJ Consulting. Dawna Rumball, a librarian, educator and advocate for accessible information for people with disabilities. Everyone does need and deserve sexual health information. The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities' AIDS & Disability Action Program, Wellness & Disability Initiative and Health Literacy Network are dedicated to making information about sexual health available in accessible formats for people with all kinds of disabilities. Whether you are a sexual health educator or have questions about healthy sexuality yourself, don't miss this opportunity to ask the experts! NOTE: We will accept a limited number of questions submitted anonymously by mail, email, fax or phone by February 4th. Contact information appears below. Questions will be passed on to our guests and answers posted without your name during the online discussion. "Every Body Needs & Every Body Deserves Sexual Health Information" is the theme for this year's Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Day sponsored by Planned Parenthood Canada. SRH Day is February 12th-two days before Valentine's Day. Visit the Planned Parenthood Canada website (http://www.ppfc.ca) for a wealth of information on sexual health, including a 24-page Sexual and Reproductive Health Day resource kit. In addition to an order form for free promotional items, the kit includes "How to be an Inclusive Health Care Provider/Educator," "Aboriginal Perspectives and Issues," "Rural and Remote Issues," "Intellectual Disabilities and Youth," and "Physically Disabled Youth." Join us on Thursday and Friday February 10-11 for an asynchronous (bulletin board-like) discussion. To register for the online community and discussion, visit http://www.communityzero.com/hln. Participation is free! For more information about the Health Literacy Network online community, email Shelley at wdi@bccpd.bc.ca or call 604-875-0188. Shelley Hourston, B.A., M.L.S. Director Wellness & Disability Program/AIDS & Disability Action Program/ Health Literacy Network BC Coalition of People with Disabilities 204 - 456 W. Broadway Vancouver, BC Canada V5Y 1R3 tel.: (604) 875-0188 toll free: 1-877-232-7400 fax: (604) 875-9227 TTY: (604) 875-8835 email: wdi@bccpd.bc.ca web: http://www.bccpd.bc.ca
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