Along this line of thinking....it would be nice to see a section dedicated to health literacy in the American Public Health Association (APHA)...or even a caucus.  I believe right now it is treated as a special interest. 

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Yael Lipton
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 9:37 AM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 3640] Re: Wednesday Question:State SupportforHealthLiteracy

Hi Everyone,

I am relatively new to this list-serve but have enjoyed reading
everyone's responses to date and have learned a lot.  While I don't have
a clear idea of how incorporating health literacy into some sort of
national movement could be done, I wanted to say that I think CHES
(Certified Health Education Specialists) and experienced Health
Educators could have a very important role to play in all of this.  We
are precisely the professionals that have been trained to incorporate
the literacy piece, the medical piece, the advocacy piece, etc.  While
there are many others who do this work well also (like all of you), this
might be a good group to tap into through either the credentialing
organization of the CHES - National Commission for Health Education
Credentialing or SOPHE (Society of Public Health Educators). Just a
thought. Thanks.

Yael S. Lipton, MPH, CHES
Director of Health Education
Community Healthcare Network
79 Madison Ave., 6th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-545-2418
646-312-0481 fax
ylipton at chnnyc.org
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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Julie McKinney
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:45 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 3638] Re: Wednesday Question:State
SupportforHealthLiteracy

I see what you mean, Laura, but it wouldn't necessarily have to be a
government-based organization. And whether is was or not, I think the
two fiels of health and literacy should both be represented equally, and
also have some presence of other fields.

Regardless, what I really want to hear from you all out there is what
kind of support would you HOPE FOR from such a structure? (And I hear
that the perception of "serving two masters" should be avoided!)

Julie

Julie McKinney
Health Literacy List Moderator
World Education
jmckinney at worlded.org

>>> "Brown, Laura (LLU)" <ldbrown at llu.edu> 10/28/09 5:55 PM >>>

This is a hard question.  I believe that a Government structure is
warranted but I am torn as to put it under the Literacy program in the
education branch or to have it in the Public Health branch where its
biggest impact will be.  It is so hard to serve two masters, having it
work with both might be expecting a bit much.  :) 

"Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty."
Mark Twain

 

Laura Brown, M.L.S. 

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Loma Linda University Libraries
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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Rush, Steven R
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:31 AM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 3634] Re: Wednesday Question: State Support
forHealthLiteracy

Hi,
Arthur Culbert is trying to put together a 14 state Health Liteacy
Cooperative. He works with Health Litercy Missouri.  You may want to
check with him.

Steve
Steven R. Rush, MA LP
Director Health Literacy Innovation
UnitedHealth Group Alliances
9701 Data Park Drive MN006-E500
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Office: 952-931-5975 I Fax: 952-931-4649 I 
Email: steven_r_rush at uhc.com
 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Julie McKinney
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 11:16 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 3633] Wednesday Question: State Support for
HealthLiteracy

Hi Everyone,

Well, it's been a very chatty October for us so far! (Lots of good
stuff!) And things have quieted enough for me to post a Wednesday
Question without clogging your mailboxes too much.

Many states have one or more health literacy activities going on, in
varying degrees of scope. But health literacy does not have any
overseeing organization to organize and share the work within each state
and among states. The adult literacy field has state directors, and
there is a department of public health in each state, along with many
other state-organized agencies that interact in various ways with health
literacy.

So my question is: If some kind of state organization were to help
coordinate the health literacy activities in each state and share with
other states, what kind of structure and support activities would be
helpful? I'm going to leave it very open, and would love to hear any
comments.

All the best,
Julie

Julie McKinney
Health Literacy List Moderator
World Education
jmckinney at worlded.org
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