Hi Everyone,

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<http://www.nifl.gov/listinfo/healthliteracy>)


All the best,
Julie


Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education, Inc.
jmckinney at worlded.org
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