Hi!

I am new at this website. I am responsible for all the patient
education material available throughout our system. I have not attended
any programs on health literacy. I am learning as much as I can to
assure we are addressing the key issues.

Sue

Sue Brown RN MHA CPHQ
Director, Clinical Content Management
Phone: 570-826- 7622
Pager 830-7549
Fax 570-819-5541
Internal Zip: 41-19


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>>> "Julie McKinney" <julie_mcKinney at worlded.org> 4/18/2007 10:46 AM

>>>

Hi Everyone,

In order to start thinking about our discussion next week, today's
question is about health literacy awareness. 

What first opened your eyes to issues of health literacy and
encouraged
you to learn more and be active? 
Was it a personal story, an event, a video, discussions with your
clients (patients, students, etc.)? 
Have you ever attended or planned a health literacy awareness event?
What worked or didn't work?
Have you ever addressed health literacy with your literacy students?

I am trying to think about what it is that draws people in to change
their behavior--professional or personal--around this issue.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this! Please see below for
the information about next week's discussion on planning health
literacy
awareness events. 

All the best,
Julie


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Planning Health Literacy Awareness Events
What: Guest speaker discussion
When: April 23-27, 2007
Where: Online on the Health & Literacy Discussion List
Anyone can subscribe for free at:
www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy 
Who: Our guest will be Helen Osborne, founder of Health Literacy Month
and author of the *Health Literacy Month Handbook: The Event
Planning
Guide for Health Literacy Advocates*
_______________________________________________
October is Health Literacy Month, a time when health literacy
advocates
around the world promote the importance of making health information
understandable. This annual event actually started with a posting
Helen
Osborne made to the Health & Literacy Discussion List in 1999.
Now is the time to start making your plans for Health Literacy Month
2007. Helen will join us for an informative discussion about how you
can
help raise local awareness about health literacy this October.
Helen has recently completed the *Health Literacy Month Handbook:
The
Event Planning Guide for Health Literacy Advocates* and will share
some
of her expertise in this type of event planning including creating a
vision, building a team, running events, and measuring success. We
hope
that this discussion will be a forum for health literacy advocates
everywhere to exchange ideas, share resources, and learn from one
another.   
About the guest Speaker:
Recognized as an expert in health literacy, Helen Osborne M.Ed., OTR/L
helps health professionals communicate in ways patients and their
families can understand. She is president of her own business, Health
Literacy Consulting, based in Natick, Massachusetts. Helen is also the
founder of Health Literacy Month * a worldwide campaign to raise
awareness about the importance of understandable health information. 

Helen speaks, consults, and writes about health literacy. She is in
her
eighth year as a columnist for the Boston Globe*s On Call magazine,
writing about patient education and healthcare communication. In
addition to the new Health Literacy Month Handbook, Helen is also the
author of several other books including the award-winning Health
Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health
Message
published by Jones & Bartlett. To learn more about Helen*s work,
please
visit the Health Literacy Consulting website at
www.healthliteracy.com.

Recommended Reading:

Health Literacy Month Website
http://www.healthliteracy.com/hl_month.asp 
This website includes a searchable database of Health Literacy Month
events as well as a form to submit how your organization is
participating. The website has resources including a free downloadable
Health Literacy Month logo.  

In Other Words*It*s Time to Get Involved in Health Literacy Month
http://www.healthliteracy.com/article.asp?PageID=3752 
Published as a column in *On Call Magazine*, this article by Helen
Osborne outlines some basics of getting involved in Health Literacy
Month.

In Other Words*Why Health Literacy Matters
http://www.healthliteracy.com/article.asp?PageID=3791 
This article includes accounts from patients, providers and policy
makers of why we allIn Other Words*Measuring the Effectiveness of
Health Literacy
Interventions
http://www.healthliteracy.com/article.asp?PageID=3753  
This article focuses on why it is important to measure the
effectiveness
of your health communication efforts. 

We hope you can join us for this discussion! Please forward this
announcement to all your colleagues and friends interested in learning
more about awareness-raising events.


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

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