I am pleased to announce a guest speaker discussion next week  on the
Health & Literacy Discussion List! 

What: Using pictures in  low literacy health education materials.

When: January 8-12,  2007

Who: Guest speakers are Len and Ceci Doak and Dr. Peter Houts,  health
literacy researchers and advocates.

Where: Online on the Health  & Literacy Discussion List 

Why: Members on this list have shown much  interest in creating health
education materials appropriate for patients with  low literacy skills,
and in the use of pictures to enhance these materials.  

Len and Ceci Doak and Dr. Peter Houts have just published an  article
called "The role of pictures in improving health communication: A  review
of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence." in  the
journal "Patient Education and Counseling", and the Doaks are authors  of
"Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills", which describes some  of
the earliest health literacy research, along with practical    techniques
for communicating clearly with patients.


Recommended  reading: 

Teaching Patients With Low Literacy  Skills

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/doak.html 

"The  role of pictures in improving health communication: A review of
research on  attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence." Peter S.
Houts, Cecilia C.  Doak, Leonard G. Doak, Matthew J. Loscalzo. 
Patient Education and  Counseling. 

This is a peer reviewed article assessing the effects of  pictures on
health communications. The article presents summarized findings  from
reviews of more than 500 journal articles and other publications on  this
subject. Unfortunately, it is not available online but can be found  in
the journal. The results of this article will be shared during  the
discussion. 

Please pass on this announcement to any colleagues  who may be interested
in this discussion. Anyone can subscribe for free  at
www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/healthliteracy  

Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World  Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org
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