[NIFL-HEALTH:4782] Low literacy and non-English emergency health information

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Date: Tue Sep 06 2005 - 13:16:50 EDT


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Does anyone know of an organization that is working to provide low literacy 
emergency health information (English and non-English) during this 
disaster?  Much of the available information (CDC, FEMA, Red Cross, etc) is 
written at high reading levels and only available in written format.

Mary Alice Gillispie, MD



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