Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fBCNVq022919; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:31:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:31:52 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000901c18364$e1bb47c0$d6f7f7d1@tp390x> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "ADALINE ROGERS" <adaliner@prodigy.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1828] Re: health literacy dissemination effort X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 8389 Lines: 232 Feel free to call me at (510) 649-9465 as I am very interested in the program. Thank you a r ----- Original Message ----- From: <AndresMuro@aol.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 11:33 AM Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1827] Re: health literacy dissemination effort > Catherine: > > You expressed interest in collaborating with us in disseminating in a health literacy program. I haven't heard from you since. We are very flexible as to how we will be doing this. It will entail little effort on you part, no financial involvement, and plenty of time to do this. If you are still interested, please send me you telephone so that we can discuss this in more detail. Thanks, > > Andres > > In a message dated Mon, 3 Dec 2001 3:44:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Thomas, Catherine" <CThomas@uws.org> writes: > > > Your model sounds very promising. Cleveland Reads would be pleased to > > partner in this initiative. > > Catherine Thomas > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of > > AndresMuro@aol.com > > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 3:01 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1821] Re: health literacy dissemination effort > > > > > > To everyone that responded to the possibility of collaborating with us to > > implement a health literacy project and to those who have not responded but > > may be interested. > > > > Thank you for your interest in partnering with El Paso Community > > College/Community Education Program to disseminate a health literacy model > > with funding from Pfizer. Below are the details of how I am planning to > > proceed. Please read careful. > > > > To get more info about the application proposal, you can go to: > > > > www.pfizerhealthliteracy.com > > > > To get more info about the model that we are attempting to disseminate > > please go to: > > > > http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/elpaso/index.htm and > > > > http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/muro.htm > > > > I will start with the bad news. Partnering programs will not be receiving > > any money to implement effort. However, they will receive free training on > > how to implement a health literacy model in their community. > > Specifically, in the application I will write that representatives from our > > program will travel to your community and conduct training so that a health > > literacy program can be developed and implemented in your community. Your > > program will have to agree to identify one or more > > teachers/tutors/educators, a group of students and one or more health > > organizations (i.e.: County Hospital, Health Clinic, Planned Parenthood, > > etc.) for this project. We will develop a training model to work with the > > teachers and the partnering health entities. We will spend a couple of days > > training the teachers and representatives of health entities. The teachers, > > with support of the health agencies, will conduct 12 to 24 hours of > > classroom instruction incorporating relevant health topics into the ongoing > > classroom instruction (GED, ESL, literacy) They teachers/educators/tutors > > will have to conduct some kind of an assessment of the health services > > delivered and provide a summary of some sort. Students! > > receiving health instruction mus > > t fall in one or more of these categories: > > > > Low literacy > > Low income > > Elderly > > Culturally diverse > > > > This is the general premise of the proposal that I am planning to write. > > This model may not fit everybody's plans. If you have some other ideas that > > could fit into this general scheme of receiving some kind of training in > > your community, please let me know. I will not begin writing the proposal > > until January, but I want to get confirmation of your intentions no later > > than December 12. If you want to discuss the proposal further, please let me > > know. Please remember that there are several entities interested in the > > partnership. Therefore, I want to submit a proposal that meets the specific > > needs of each community, yet keep it as uniform as possible between > > communities. This will make the effort easier to implement and assess. If > > you decide that you want to participate in this effort, please confirm as > > soon as possible. We will be closing for Christmas on December 14, and we > > will not open until January 2 > > > > Your agency will need to write a letter of agreement. I am including a > > sample letter. Please modify it accordingly, but be specific as to the > > things that you will agree to do. > > > > Sample: > > > > > > Andres Muro, Coordinator > > El Paso Community College/Community Education Program, > > 1115 N. Oregon, El Paso, TX 79902 > > > > Dear Mr. Muro: > > > > (Name of you agency) supports El Paso community College/Community Education > > Program's (EPCC/CEP) application for a Pfizer Foundation Health Literacy > > Community Grant to disseminate a health literacy program model in our > > community (name of community). There is tremendous need in (name of > > community) to establish a health literacy program (Please describe your > > need). > > > > We will partner with EPCC/CEP to make this application a complete success. > > Specifically, our program will do the following: > > > > 1. Our program will identify xxx teachers/tutors/educators to participate in > > training conducted by EPCC/CEP to develop and implement a health literacy > > program in our community. > > > > 2. Our program will identify representatives of (name of one or more health > > agencies, such as county hospital, health clinic, state department of > > health, city/county health department, red cross, other) to partner with us > > and attend training conducted by EPCC/CEP. > > > > 3. Our program will identify a minimum of xxx many students to attend 12 to > > 24 hours of health literacy instruction > > > > 4. Our teachers/Educators/Tutors will work with representatives of local > > health entities to incorporate between 12 and 24 hours of relevant health > > information into our ongoing instruction. > > > > 5. Our teachers will assess the impact of the instruction to their students. > > The teachers will assess both gains in health related knowledge and language > > skills, and will provide a summary of assessment results. > > > > 6. Our program will provide a summary of the number of students served and > > their demographic characteristics. > > > > Please fund this very necessary effort. Our community will benefit greatly > > form this. Blah, Blah, Blah........ Say some nice things. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Please respond as soon as possible, and let me know your intentions. > > Remember, this is flexible, you can modify things as long as it fits with > > the general idea of getting some training in your community to a group of > > educators, so that they can, in turn, train some students, and you can > > assess the impact of this. Please send your letter as soon as possible. You > > can fax letter to (915) 831-4105. If you want to call me, my number is (915) > > 831-4161. I hope to hear from all of you soon, > > > > Andres > > > > In a message dated Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:48:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, Susan > > Hayden <haydens@wvlc.lib.wv.us> writes: > > > > > I am interested in this study. I am the literacy consultant for the West > > Virginia Library Commission. We have very inadequate health care here in > > WV. It's important to tie health and literacy together here. I look > > forward to hearing from > > > you. > > > Peace, > > > Susan Hayden > > > > > > > > > > > > AndresMuro@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > I am exploring the possiblity of writing a proposal to Pfizer to > > disseminate a health literacy program model in several communities > > throughout the US. If you are interested in exploring being a partner in > > this proposal, please let me know. > > > > > > > > I will propose to go to different communities to train teachers and > > program staff on how to set up a health literacy program in their community. > > The model that we will use is: > > > > > > > > http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/elpaso/index.htm > > > > > > > > If you already responded to my previous email, you don't need to respond > > again. Thanks, > > > > > > > > Andres > >
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