Dear Health Literacy Colleagues:
Do you have a health literacy group or coalition in your city, region, state? Others interested in the topic may be nearby (in our community) and you can help them connect. Just hit reply and add a description of the group and how to connect.
Cynthia Zafft
Health Literacy Moderator
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Here is a post on behalf of Anna Allen who would welcome adult educators:
I am thrilled to announce that Health Literacy NY, an online community of people advancing health literacy in New York State, is officially live!
We made it just in time - literally - for Health Literacy Month, and plan to celebrate by building our community and gathering ideas on how best to meet the needs of our constituents. For those of you who signed up at its inception in March, thank you for your patience and check your inbox for your first email. If you did not receive an email, email me again so I can re-send you an invitation.
For everyone else interested in joining, please email me (Anna Allen) at annahealth@gmail.com or Arafat Omidiran at arafatomidiran@gmail.com, and we will add you to the google group. We highly suggest using a 'gmail' address if you have one for ease of use.
Health Literacy NY was created to share health literacy information, news and events; discuss issues that impact health literacy in New York State; and gather and gain strength to ensure health literacy is a part of our health care conversations on the state and local levels.
The HLNY listserve builds on the great work Julie McKinney has been doing here, and was inspired by the many state and local organizations that have been so effective in advancing health literacy in their respective regions.
Thank you so much, and have a happy, healthy and health literate day!
Anna
Dear Colleagues:
Do you belong to (have you belonged to) a health literacy group? How was it started? What are the advantages?
Below is a list of some of the state health literacy groups, and resources you can reach. Have a group you would like to add?
Happy Health Literacy Month,
Cynthia Zafft
Health Literacy Moderator
The CDC provides a list of health literacy activities, state-by-state. Some groups are inactive; many are focused on health care providers. Below are group websites with resources that pertain to adult literacy.
ARKANSAS
Center for Health Literacy (University of Arkansas for Medical Science)
Plain Language Resources for patients, including a list of rated medication reminder apps for smartphones.
FLORIDA
Florida Literacy Coalition
Online and in person:
Take a look at their Lesson Plan Bank, including Discovering Carrots, a family literacy lesson plan.
Learn more about their upcoming health literacy conference in Orlando, January 20, 2017.
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Literacy Council – Health Literacy
The Curricula and Lesson Plan section of the website includes a wide variety of ESL lesson plans, including ones on health topics from beginning to more advanced. The Minnesota Literacy Council also created curricula in partnership with ECHO (Emergency, Community, Health, and Outreach). The goal of these curricula is for learners to become familiar with the resources and responsibilities related to these important health and life skills topics. We invite you to adapt them for your own classrooms.
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Health Literacy
Online and in person:
Let’s Talk about Medicines free quiz and follow-up information. See lower right of homepage.
Learn more about their upcoming health literacy conference in Madison, April 4-5, 2017 that includes a Health and Literacy strand.