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 i0EFiKI15976; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:44:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:44:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s0051c57.033@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2816] health literacy conference in Ottawa X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.5 Beta Status: O Content-Length: 2476 Lines: 60 We are pleased to announce our upcoming literacy and health conference in Ottawa, Canada in October 2004. The participation of learners, practitioners and researchers from the US in our first literacy and health conference in May 2000 helped make the event a success. We look forward to this new opportunity to share perspectives and experiences from the literacy and health field in the US and Canada. Announcement: The Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health, Staying the Course: Literacy and Health in the First Decade, will bring together learners, practitioners and leading experts from Canada and the United States in a national forum to discuss what is being done to improve the health of Canadians with low literacy skills in the areas of practice, policy and research. The conference is: *taking place on October 17-19, 2004 in Ottawa *organized through the National Literacy and Health Program of the Canadian Public Health Association *funded by the National Literacy Secretariat Proposed conference themes include: improving health services, raising literacy skills, focusing on language and culture, building healthy public policy and learning through research. A Call for Abstracts will be sent out in early February 2004 with a deadline for submission of May 14, 2004. Our objectives are to: *Raise awareness of links between literacy and health; *Identify how the Canadian context affects literacy and health; *Exchange and document best practices and research in literacy and health in Canada; *Identify policy issues involved in the linkage between literacy and health; *Strengthen literacy and health networks and facilitate new partnerships in the area of practice, policy and research across different sectors (such as health, education, and employment). To join our on-line Discussion Group and receive regular updates, or for more information on the conference, visit our web page at www.cpha.ca/literacyandhealth or send an e-mail to literacyandhealth_conf@cpha.ca. We look forward to hearing from you, Lynn Chiarelli -- Lynn Chiarelli Project Coordinator/Coordonnatrice de projet Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health/Deuxième Conférence canadienne sur l'alphabétisation et la santé Canadian Public Health Association/Association canadienne de santé publique 400-1565 Carling Avenue Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R1 Telephone: 613-725-3769 x112 Fax/Télécopieur: 613-725-9826 Web: www.nlhp.cpha.ca
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