introducing health literacy

Submitted by cy on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 19:18
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SITUATION  HEREIN

 

             you have a commmitment from a physician  ( who is not 40 years old )  

                         who is not on the net, 

                       does not promote or if he has an email ,

                       is not aware of the power of the  social media

                      and     is most  reluctantly converting from  paper to electronic  records,       

                      to consider the subject  of adult illeracy and health but only  if I  FAX  info   to him 

 

        are there  some  essential /  just the facts type items ( as his time is very limited)  you would recommend to the physician with this background  to "open their eyes" to "see" the health implications for the functionally illiterate members of our health community??

 

I am considering " teasing "  him with some of these items

e.g.  videos like          the AMA   YouTube - AMA Health Literacy Video - Short Version

                                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgTuD7l7LG8
 
                           Harvard/Rudd   HSPH Video: Rima Rudd on Health Literacy
                                        
                                            http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/multimedia/video/2010/healthliteracy/

 

        infographics   like   http://www.communicatehealth.com/blog/2012/05/we-are-the-90/.

                                       http://www.healthcareitnews.com/infographic/infographic-facts-about-health-...

 

       fact sheet               Health Literacy | Facts and Statistics for Adult Education and Literacy in Virgi...

                                              https://literacyfacts.wordpress.com/category/health-literacy
 
       with the hope that he will want to know more

     Are there any recommendations  for the list?

 

  Thank you