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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you Lisa. Yes, there are 7
photonovels on prenatal care with an ESL component. Topics include: conception,
going to the clinic, nutrition/WIC, risks during pregnancy, childbirth, newborn
care, and breastfeeding. We are currently in the planning stages of a new
bilingual (Eng/Spanish) photonovel on gestational diabetes. It should be
available by December, 2007. see www.aprendopress.com</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We also recently developed a bilingual
(English/Spanish) photonovel series for the National Good Agricultural
Practices (GAPs) program out of Cornell University. They focus on food safety, a
particularly relevant topic given the recent outbreaks of salmonella and E.coli.
One is targeted to farmworkers re: hygiene in the fields. The second is a story
of a family who gets sick from salmonella. It contains practical steps for all
stages of food preparation (shopping, cooking, storing, cleaning) to prevent
food contamination and to kill harmful bacteria in home kitchens. (it’s such
a practical reference- I keep one in my own kitchen!) There is also a special
section for pregnant women on preventing listeriosis -an infection that can be
fatal to an unborn child. Listeria is often in contaminated fresh/soft cheeses made
from unpasteurized milk. Initially, these photonovels were available at no
charge, now I think there is a minor fee. See <a
href="http://www.gaps.cornell.edu/">www.gaps.cornell.edu</a></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We learned a LOT during the extensive
multicultural, multidisciplinary field-testing process. One lesson that stands
out in my mind related to the current topic re: use of drawings and pictures –
Is the thermometer and how to use it to test food temps. There was controversy
about even including it – it was a must according to scientists. The
perspective of those we came to understand as ‘domestic cooking culture’
(cuts across SES and racial and ethnic cultures) perceived it was not practical
or culturally appropriate (e.g., few people have or use thermometers in home
kitchens; too expensive for poor families to buy so not realistic or relevant;
people have cooked for thousands of years without food thermometers) To make a
long negotiation short, the balance point was the decision to eliminate the reference
to using the temperatures as guide to tell if your food is ‘done’ to
a more precise caption: “temperatures to kill harmful bacteria in meats”
Note: the USDA does have a campaign that addresses the issue of ‘doneness.’
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also, for the drawing of the thermometer
related to food storage, we started with a commonly used illustration of a
thermometer with cartoon-like drawings of bacteria. We discovered two things
among the Latinos with the lowest literacy levels. One was they had some
interesting interpretations of the personified bacteria drawings. Second they
did not know how to read or interpret the numbers on the thermometer. For
example, they did not know the low and negative numbers meant ‘cold’
and the high numbers meant ‘hot’. So these things together made the
illustration quite ineffective…consequently, the visual did not clarify the
meaning of the text or help them understand what to do. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The men and women in the field-testing
process gave us ideas for the changes needed to make the meaning of the illustration
clearer. For example, we added a hot flame at the top of thermometer and ice cubes
at the bottom. Instead of bacteria cartoons sweating/dead or shivering along
side the thermometer– we included an oven plus ‘too hot to live’
caption and refrigerator/freezer plus ‘too cold to grow’. (these
visuals also help reinforce what to do.) In the middle, i.e., danger zone
section, there are two steaks plus caption ‘grows fast’ (one has a
few specks of bacteria with an arrow pointing to a second identical steak covered
in specs) (The picture would be an easier and shorter way to explain.)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>BTW, Thank you for the suggested outline
for helping work with an artist to create a drawing. It is so critical to be
clear about one’s objectives when working with an artist and also for
testing purposes to see if you’ve accomplished your goals.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>One other note …I’ve been
continuing my work re: how to teach with photonovels in a group setting using an
empowerment-based, culture-centered process, with exciting results. It has
helped me appreciate the fact that the spirit in which we use visuals and
written communication in our work is also critical in achieving the broad aims
of health literacy for individuals, groups, and communities.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Susan Auger</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Auger Communications, Inc.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Email: sauger@mindspring.com</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(t) 919-361-1857</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(f) 919-361-2284</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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healthliteracy-bounces@nifl.gov [mailto:healthliteracy-bounces@nifl.gov] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>lisa jones<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 10, 2007
3:56 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> healthliteracy@nifl.gov<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [HealthLiteracy 560]
Photonovels</span></font></p>
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There are some fantastic photonovellas available in Spanish for prenatal
classes. They were developped by Susan Auger in South Carolina and are a
great resource. They are available at through
Auger Communication. </span></font></p>
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