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 j4N1vZG01085; Sun, 22 May 2005 21:57:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 21:57:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s290fffc.053@mailsrv21.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:3240] health literacy and critical thinking X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.4 Status: O Content-Length: 1364 Lines: 29 For those of you who teach advanced literacy and cover health literacy and/or crtical thinking in the classroom, here is a piece of information that you may want to share with your learners: Claiming scientific evidence, brochures warning that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer are sometimes given to women considering abortion during mandatory waiting periods in some states. However, a leading medical journal, the Lancet claims that the conclusion of scientific reviews shows that there is no evidence of any link between abortion and breast cancer. Some possible questions to inspire debate, further research, and critical thinking are: 1. Why would brochures be given to women when evidence shows the contrary? 2. How can women protect themselves from believing false information? 3. What are the facts surrounding breast cancer and abortion? If any of you decide to cover this topic in the classroom, please let us know-we would love to hear about it! Daphne Greenberg Assistant Professor Educational Psych. & Special Ed. Georgia State University P.O. Box 3679 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University P.O. Box 3977 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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