As an instructor of English for second language learners, I can tell you that many patients folks would see doctors.  Providing basic, clear, and concise English pamphlets or information sheets which explain hypertension and diabetes and how to manage those conditions, would go a long way in educating that part of the population.  It would probably help a lot of low level literacy Americans too!
 
Mikal Steinbacher
Instructor, ABE/ESL/English
Lake Washington Technical College

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of David J. Rosen
Sent: Sun 10/14/2007 12:45 AM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1337] Affordable Health Care for All Americans: AMatter of Literacy?



Health Literacy Colleagues,

"Affordable Health Care for All Americans: A Matter of Literacy?" was 
published on Saturday, October 13th, on a Web site called Associated 
Content, the People's Media Company. The article,  apparently based 
on a University of Connecticut press release, is about a health 
literacy report released from the University of Connecticut.  The 
article's author states that "The report has experts discussing if 
improving health literacy is the real solution to providing 
affordable health care coverage for the nation's 47 million uninsured 
people."

http://tinyurl.com/2slnzl

I wonder what subscribers to this discussion list think of the 
article, and the report itself. (If you find a reference to the 
report, please let us know.  The lead author of the report is John A. 
Vernon, PhD, Department of Finance, University of Connecticut.)

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net



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