Thank you so much for all the information you share with us!! Mary
 
 
 
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From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Gail Price
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:41 PM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 1026] Re: LINCS Regional
ResourceCentersSponsorHealth Literacy Summits



Mary,

 

I am not sure, but will see if the poster of the information has any
further dates to share with us. Thanks for your inquiry.

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

 

Join us for the 17th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy!
"Literacy Grows Families and Communities"
March 30, 31, & April 1, 2008-Louisville, KY
Register online at www.famlit.org/conference

 

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[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Mary Henderson
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 10:38 AM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 1025] Re: LINCS Regional Resource
CentersSponsorHealth Literacy Summits
Importance: High

 

Thank you for the information. I am sure these will be a very
informative sessions. However, this is very short notice for some of us.
Will there be other sessions at later dates? Mary

 


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[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Maralit, Mary Jo
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 4:13 PM
To: assessment at nifl.gov; englishlanguage at nifl.gov;
familyliteracy at nifl.gov; focusonbasics at nifl.gov;
healthliteracy at nifl.gov; learningdisabilities at nifl.gov;
povertyracewomen at nifl.gov; professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov;
specialtopics at nifl.gov; technology at nifl.gov; workplace at nifl.gov;
nla at lists.literacytent.org
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 1024] LINCS Regional Resource Centers
SponsorHealth Literacy Summits

 

 

LINCS Regional Resource Centers Sponsor Three Regional Health Literacy
Summits 

 

The National Institute for Literacy through its LINCS Regional Resource
Centers is convening adult literacy and health professionals in three
locations in February and March to share information about the research
on health literacy and resources for implementing health literacy
programming.

 

Health literacy is often defined as the ability to read, understand, and
act upon health-related information. Improving health literacy may
improve the health status and quality of life of America's adults,
especially among adults with marginal literacy skills. The National
Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) reported the extent of low health
literacy in The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the
2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy. About 22 percent of adults
only had Basic health literacy and 14 percent had Below Basic health
literacy.

 

The LINCS health summits will share information on the state of health
literacy in the nation and address how partnerships among adult literacy
providers and health literacy providers can help in eliminating literacy
barriers in accessing quality health care. 

 

For contact information and registration, please go to: 
http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/news_events/02-08-08.html 

 

Region 3 will meet February 28, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. This summit
is sponsored by Literacyworks in partnership with San Francisco State
University College of Humanities, Center for Immigrant and Refugee
Community Literacy Education (CIRCLE); Community Engagement Program,
University of California San Francisco (UCSF); and Center for Vulnerable
Populations, UCFS/San Francisco General Hospital. Presenters include Dr.
Dean Schillinger, MD, University of California San Francisco Associate
Professor of Medicine, and various literacy providers and adult
students.  

Region 2 will meet March 5, 2008 in Atlanta, GA. This summit is
sponsored by the Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee,
in partnership with the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy, Georgia
State University; Office of Adult Literacy, Georgia Department of
Technical and Adult Education; and Literacy Action, Inc. (Atlanta).
Presenters include Cynthia Baur (US/DHHS) and Dr. Yolanda Partida, UCSF
Fresno. 

Region 1 will meet March 25-26, 2008 in Indianapolis, IN. This summit is
sponsored by World Education and Kent State University/Ohio Literacy
Resource Center in partnership with Indiana Department of
Education/Division of Adult Education. Among the presenters are Paul D.
Smith, MD, University of Wisconsin (Health literacy: A clinician's point
of view) and Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D., Rutgers University (Advancing
health literacy: Building bridges). The summit will also highlight
health literacy initiatives in Wisconsin, New York, Iowa and Rhode
Island. 

Jo Maralit

National Institute for Literacy

mmaralit at nifl.gov







 







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