Hi Everyone,

Just a word in response to the comment that AMA is on board in respect
to health literacy.  I should hope so, after almost 8 years since the
initial AMA white paper on health literacy was published in JAMA. If you
go to the web site : www.amafoundation.org/go/healthliteracy you will
find many of the educational programs and materials, the "Health
Literacy:Help Your Patients Understand" kit with the video, the train
the trainer programs (over 29 multidisciplinary teams have been trained
in a 3 hour curriculum and are putting on programs constantly - over
20,000 health professionals trained) and the new "Safe Communication
Universal Precautions" tip card.  AMA Press has also published a
textbook "Understanding Health Literacy: Implications for Medicine and
Public Health" which is available from the bookstore at the AMA home
page (www.ama-assn.org).
We will shortly have up on the web site the Proceedings from our latest
Conference on Health Literacy and Patient Safety - so stay tuned...
We are always interested in what is happening in this field and any way
that we can work with the many excellent programs, research and
resources that exist now and are being created to improve patient care
and well-being.


Joanne G. Schwartzberg, MD
Director, Aging and Community Health
American Medical Association
515 N. State St.
Chicago, IL  60610
312-464-5355
fax: 312-464-5841
Joanne.Schwartzberg at ama-assn.org

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[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Julie McKinney
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 9:16 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 709] AMA-endorsed trainings in clear
healthcommunication

Hi Everyone,

I am passing on this recommendation from the American Medical
Association for the Health Literacy Institutes: Summer and Fall
trainings in clear health communication. There was so much interest in
our recent discussion about using pictures for health education
materials, that I know many of you are interested in this. I also think
it is encouraging to see a training of this sort recommended by the
American Medical Association. It shows that they are on board with at
least this aspect of health literacy!

All the best,
Julie

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The 2007 Summer Institute will be held June 10-13.  The 2007 Fall
Institute
(repeat) will be held October 28-31.  Both Institutes are hosted in
Freeport, Maine.

Each Institute is limited to 30 participants, so register early to hold
your place.  Details and registration information are at
www.HealthLiteracyInstitute.net

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

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