Hello All,

Regarding the Health Literacy curricula research that was mentioned by Dr.
Paul Smith from Wisconsin:  As part of Wisconsin Literacy's Health Literacy
Summit in June of 2007 we had Susan Levy Ph.D., Professor Emerita Public
Health and Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Fellow, Chicago
Institute for Health Research and Policy, present her research on Health
Literacy Curricula and specifically on a curriculum she developed and is
soon to be published in early 2008.  You can access her PowerPoint
presentation from our web site.  On the home page the second Special Topic
item gives you a link to the web cast and another link to "More Info."
Click on "more info" and scroll to bottom of page to find her Power Point.
We're grateful to Kaye Beall of World Education and Tim Ponder from Ohio
Literacy Resource Center for helping to get Dr. Levy to the Summit.
I would also recommend viewing the Web cast of Dr. Smith's presentation and
Marsha Tait's presentation, Sr. Vice President of ProLiteracy Worldwide.  If
you are interested in contacting Dr. Levy I can get her contact information
to you.

It is good to be sharing - so many are doing great things!


Michele Erikson
Executive Director
Wisconsin Literacy, Inc.
211 South Paterson Street
Suite 310
Madison, WI  53703
608-257-1655
608-661-0208 (Fax)
michele at wisconsinliteracy.org
www.wisconsinliteracy.org 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Andrew Pleasant
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:21 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1581] Re: Ideas for collaboration between adult
literacy and health communities

Hi Cindy et al. (geez, I was trying to stay off the list for a bit ...sorry)

Agreed  ... very nice meeting indeed. One unfortunate observation is 
that so few people (1-2 at most I think) attended both this and the 
American College of Physicians health literacy conference held just 
down the street a week earlier. I hope that will change in the future.

It wasn't Lynn Nielsen, but Paul Smith of Wisconsin who as part of 
his quite interesting talk delivered the report from a study (not his 
own) that folks learned faster when using health materials. Does 
anyone happen to know the original source of that data?

And regarding the curricula (replying to Barbara's et al. last 
questions in particular) ... do send them still. Many emails on the 
topic, but only a couple with curricula attached.

Best,

Andrew




>Content-type: multipart/alternative;

>  boundary="Boundary_(ID_h6PjJGzlfXDQtRq+UlrJJw)"

>Content-class: urn:content-classes:message

>

>Last week I attended the National Coalition for Literacy's policy 

>forum, "Health Literacy: Dual Problem, Dual Solution." 

>Unfortunately, I had to leave before the breakout groups that 

>brainstormed ideas for collaboration between the adult literacy and 

>health communities met. I thought I would use this listserv to 

>profile a couple of examples of successful collaboration.

>

>In Iowa there is a four-year collaboration between the Iowa Health 

>System and the New Readers of Iowa. I had the privilege to attend 

>their joint conference last spring 

>(<http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/The_Iowa_New_Readers_of_Iowa_Coali

tion_Conference:_Building_Health_Literacy_Leaders>http://wiki.literacytent.o
rg/index.php/The_Iowa_New_Readers_of_Iowa_Coalition_Conference:_Building_Hea
lth_Literacy_Leaders). 

>New Readers shared experiences about what it was like for them when 

>they accessed the health system. New Readers also reported the ease 

>of way-finding when they conducted a facility walk-through. Health 

>professionals participating in a Health Literacy Collaborative 

>described getting input from New Readers when simplifying their 

>informed consent forms. Pharmacy students conducted brown bag 

>medication reviews for New Readers. Health Professionals practiced 

>health communication skills with New Readers in role playing 

>exercises (e.g., giving patient discharge instructions). Mary Ann 

>Abrams (Iowa Health System) and Archie Willard (New Readers of Iowa) 

>deserve a huge amount of credit for their joint undertakings.

>

>In New York City community-based literacy programs and health 

>providers have created health literacy partnerships. Elyse Barbell 

>Rudolph, of NY's Literacy Assistance Center, is one of the powerful 

>forces behind this collaboration. The literacy programs implemented 

>Rima Rudd's Health Literacy Study Circles 

>(<file://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/curricula.html>www.hsph.harvar

d.edu/healthliteracy/curricula.html), 

>resulting in 20% of class time being devoted to health literacy 

>topics. Health educators and administrators visited classes, and 

>hosted field trips to facilities. Health providers also educated 

>their staff about health literacy. A speaker at the NCL policy forum 

>(was it Dr. Lynn Nielsen??) mentioned research indicating that adult 

>learners who study health topics learn faster than those studying 

>other topics.

>

>I hope those working on the local level will take inspiration from 

>these examples and share some of their own.

>

>Cindy Brach

>Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets

>Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

>540 Gaither Road

>Rockville, MD  20850

>phone: 301-427-1444

>fax: (301) 427-1430

>Cindy.Brach at ahrq.hhs.gov

>

>

>----------------------------------------------------

>National Institute for Literacy

>Health and Literacy mailing list

>HealthLiteracy at nifl.gov

>To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to 

>http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy

>Email delivered to pleasant at aesop.rutgers.edu



-- 
-----------------------------------------------
Andrew Pleasant
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Ecology
Extension Department of Family and Community Health Sciences
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Cook Office Building, 55 Dudley Road #207
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
phone: 732-932-9153 x. 320; fax: 732-932-6667
----------------------------------------------------
National Institute for Literacy
Health and Literacy mailing list
HealthLiteracy at nifl.gov
To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy
Email delivered to michele at wisconsinliteracy.org