Dear subscribers,
 
Julie McKinney of the Health & Literacy Discussion List shares this information about a discussion next week (January 8-12, 2007)  on that list on the topic of  using pictures in low literacy health education materials, a topic that may be of interest to many on this list.  For more information, please see Julie's note below.
 
Happy New Year,
 
Lynda Terrill
Adult English language discussion list 
lterrill at cal.org
 
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I am pleased to announce a guest speaker discussion next week on the
Health & Literacy Discussion List!

What: Using pictures in low literacy health education materials.

When: January 8-12, 2007

Who: Guest speakers are Len and Ceci Doak and Dr. Peter Houts, health
literacy researchers and advocates.

Where: Online on the Health & Literacy Discussion List

Why: Members on this list have shown much interest in creating health
education materials appropriate for patients with low literacy skills,
and in the use of pictures to enhance these materials.

Len and Ceci Doak and Dr. Peter Houts have just published an article
called "The role of pictures in improving health communication: A review
of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence." in the
journal "Patient Education and Counseling", and the Doaks are authors of
"Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills", which describes some of
the earliest health literacy research, along with practical   techniques
for communicating clearly with patients.


Recommended reading:

Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/doak.html

"The role of pictures in improving health communication: A review of
research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence." Peter S.
Houts, Cecilia C. Doak, Leonard G. Doak, Matthew J. Loscalzo.
Patient Education and Counseling.

This is a peer reviewed article assessing the effects of pictures on
health communications. The article presents summarized findings from
reviews of more than 500 journal articles and other publications on this
subject. Unfortunately, it is not available online but can be found in
the journal. The results of this article will be shared during the
discussion.

Please pass on this announcement to any colleagues who may be interested
in this discussion. Anyone can subscribe for free at
www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy 

All the best,
Julie



Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org

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