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Well known health literacy researchers and advocates, Len and Ceci Doak
and Dr. Peter Houts, will be guest facilitating a discussion on using
pictures in low literacy health education materials from January 8-12,
2007.

They 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.

If you feel like reading up on the topic, they recommend reading:
Teaching Patients With Low Literacy Skills, which can be found at:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/doak.html

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Daphne Greenberg
Assistant Professor
Educational Psych. & Special Ed.
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu

Daphne Greenberg
Associate Director
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3977
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu