Does anyone know when this legislation is supposed to be introduced to
Congress? 


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[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Valerie Lewis
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 11:35 AM
To: 'The Health and Literacy Discussion List'; jmckinney at worlded.org
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1565] Re: National Health Literacy Act of 2007

Is there any language in the "act" to provide health literacy
information or training in regard to producing materials in alternative
formats for people with disabilities? 

Valerie

		"Let the shameful walls of exclusion finally come
tumbling down"
			
			Preamble to the Americans with Disabilities Act	
					George Bush, 1990


Valerie Lewis, Director
Long Island Talking Book Library
Administrator of Outreach Services
Suffolk Cooperative Library System
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Bellport, NY 11713-9000
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[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Cathleen M. Urbain
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:16 PM
To: jmckinney at worlded.org; HealthLiteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1543] National Health Literacy Act of 2007

The National Health Literacy Act of 2007 draft legislation is exciting
because it is testament to an increasingly effective lobby on the issue
of health literacy.  Thank you in advance for providing easy links to
track the bill's progress.  

 

I appreciate the importance of an infrastructure to move an issue
forward through coordination, education, identification of emerging
focus needs, advocacy, etc.  Nonetheless, the focus of the bill on the
development of this infrastructure leaves efforts that are currently in
progress unsupported.  It takes a long time to develop a national center
and the state structures it will fund.  Is it possible to arrange
interim support through one of the existing organizations providing
national leadership in health literacy, or in some other manner address
the focus on future infrastructure versus current groundswell efforts? 

 

A few other items-

Under the Center's proposed duties:

*     Adding language to include the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of
HHS
and its medical home initiative to the areas of implementation
partnership [Section 3 (b) (2) (F)]? 

*     Adding the italicized language to Section 3 (b) (2) (G): .to
facilitate the coordination and promote the development of health
literacy activities within the Department of Health and Human Services
and the Department of Education.  

*     Adding language to insure the upfront inclusion of special
education
within the health literacy initiatives in elementary and secondary
schools [Section 3 (b) (2) (C)

Under State Health Literacy Resource Centers:

*     Adding language to Eligibility [Section 3 (c) (2)] to allow
funding of
organizations that have initiatives of nationwide scope.  The emphasis
on state initiatives could be met by requiring the organization to have
in place agreements to partner with several of the state centers.

 

I give many thanks to everyone who spent much time and sustained effort
in bringing this proposed legislation into being. Congratulations! 

 

 

Cathleen Urbain, Ph.D.

Patient Advocacy

 

Pediatric Home Service

2800 Cleveland Ave N

Roseville, MN 55113

 

(P) 651-789-2114

(F) 651-638-0680

www.pediatrichomeservice.com <http://www.pediatrichomeservice.com/> 

 

taking care of the child

 

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