What first opened my eyes to the issue of health literacy was as a parent
educator for Parents As Teachers.  All of my families were considered 'high
risk' and many had literacy issues.  The amount of misinformation about
pregnancy and post pregnancy was eye opening.  This is one of the reasons I
am so excited about the Baby Basics book and approach.

I have had the opportunity to attend Iowa's health literacy conference
twice.  One of the most impressive things about the conference is that it
follows the popular education model and Iowa's New Readers design the
conference themselves.



Sarah Beaman-Jones,
Literacy Program Developer
LIFT-Missouri
815 Olive Street, Suite 22
St. Louis, MO  63101

314-678-4443 ext. 206
800-729-4443
314-678-2938 [fax]
sbeaman at webster.edu
www.lift-missouri.org