Evidence Base For Teaching Health Literacy in ABE/ESOL

Hi Everyone,

I want to establish this thread as a collection of research reports that support teaching health literacy in adult education settings. Please comment on the articles listed and add new ones at any time!

Evidence Base For Effectiveness of Teaching Health Literacy in ABE and ESOL Programs

• The Health Literacy and ESL Study: A Community-Based Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Adults

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10810730.2014.965368#.VMaiO3DF87M

Soto Mas, et al, 2015

• ESL as a Mechanism for Advancing Health Literacy in Immigrant Communities

Maricel Santos, Dean Shillinger, et al 2014

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10810730.2014.934935#.VG0JeJPF9OW

• The Impact of Participatory Health Literacy on People of Color with Low-Literacy Skills

Marcia Hohn and Lorna Rivera, 2010

http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Literacy,_Health_and_Health_Literacy:_Massachusetts_Research_Project_Confirms_that_Adult_Literacy_Programs_are_a_Good_Place_to_Teach_and_Learn_about_Health

• Health Literacy Curriculum Works for ABE Students

Susan Levy, et al. 2008

http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/fob/2008/fob_9b.pdf

• HEAL:BCC – Health Education in Adult Literacy: Breast and Cervical Cancer

http://www.healthliteracy.worlded.org/heal/overview.htm

Kurtz-Rossi S, Waldron S, Titzle J. Program evaluation: World Education breast and cervical cancer project. In: Zarcadoolas C, Pleasant A, Greer DS. Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2006:263-285