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21. Heads and Tails: A Collection of Stories and More by Adult Learners (1998)
Authors: Ardena Cadwell
Collection: Learning Materials
These Labradorians give us their oral history through heartfelt stories and reminiscences. Also included are several poems, an interesting section on Traditional Home Remedies, as well as Helpful Hints
Added: 1990-01-01
22. Health – Fact Sheet (2012)
Series: Literacy and Essential Skills Fact Sheets – CLLN
Authors: Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN)
Collection: Learning Materials
This fact sheet examines the relationship between literacy and health.
The authors point out that low literacy has been shown to have a negative effect on all aspects of health, including life expectancy, accident rates, and the prevalence of such diseases as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.
Literacy and health goals have a better chance of success when they are pursued together, the authors note. They call for the development of partnerships between health and literacy organizations; the use of clear language in both written and verbal communications; a participatory approach to helping people learn about and understand the health issues that affect them; and action on systemic issues, such as poverty, that adversely affect both literacy and health.
This document is part of a series prepared by the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) to draw attention to a variety of literacy-related topics.
Added: 2012-12-18
23. Health and Hard Times (1996)
Book 5
Series: Newfoundland and Labrador Adult Basic Education Social History Series
Authors: Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, Cabot College Literacy Office
Collection: Learning Materials
This essay is the fifth in the Newfoundland and Labrador Adult Basic Education Social History Series, developed to provide adult learners with meaningful literacy materials drawn from their own vibrant culture. The intended audience for the series is ABE Level 1 students. Because of the disparate subject matter, however, the essays are written in varying degrees of reading difficulty.
The essays were created by five professional writers: Ed Kavanagh, Carmelita McGrath, Janet McNaughton, Kathryn Welbourn and Kathleen Winter.
At the end of each essay, supplemental material is included, such as topics and questions for discussion, and possible projects and other suggested learning activities related to the essay.
Funders:
Added: 2004-08-23
24. Health and Learning Environmental Scan: 2006 (2007)
Series: Adult Working Group
Authors: Sue Folinsbee, Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier, Hélène Grégoire, Allan Quigley
Collection: Research Materials
In June 2005, the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) held a Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) consultation in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the consultation, participants agreed to establish six working groups to address the work of HLKC. These working groups address life stages in health and learning and concentrate on settings, places, and communities where health and learning takes place.
The purpose of the Health and Learning Environmental Scan:2006 is to identify current knowledge initiatives and knowledge dissemination vehicles related to health and adult learning. The Scan focuses on the three central themes of the HLKC and the five priority areas of the adult working groups. The Scan also includes an appendix of important recommendations for the future and other information generated by participants before, during, and after the HLKC Vancouver Consultation in June 2005.
Added: 2008-12-02
25. Health and Literacy Compendium: an Annotated Bibliography of Print and Web-based Health Materials for Use with Limited-literacy Adults (1999)
Authors: Cindy Irvine
Collection: Research Materials
This Compendium was written with two main goals in mind: to help literacy teachers and students find and use health information and to share literacy information and easy-to-read health materials with health professionals, community educators, and patients. It includes over 80 citations to print and Web materials available in North America that cover:
1. The links between health status and literacy status
2. How to assess and develop easy-to-read health education materials
3. How to teach health with literacy in mind, and how to teach literacy using health content
4. Background information about the literacy field and "participatory" education methodologies
5. Curricula and materials on a variety of health topics for adults with limited literacy skills
6. Bibliographies and databases of easy-to-read or multilingual health information and brochures
7. Bibliographies and databases of materials, including journal articles, about the connections between health and literacy.
For more information or a copy of this compendium, contact:
Health & Literacy Initiative
World Education
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210 USA
Tel: (617) 482-9485
Fax: (617) 482-0617
Email: wei@worlded.org
Website: http://www.worlded.org
Added: 1999-01-01
26. Health Care Access and Navigation (2010)
Series: Health Talk: A Health Literacy Curriculum for English Language Learners
Authors: Farzana Mubashir, Rabia Garewal, Calgary Immigrant Women's Association (CIWA)
Collection: Learning Materials
This document provides an introduction to a curriculum developed to help immigrant women with low literacy skills, and their families, use the health care system effectively. The curriculum is divided into nine modules, each focusing on a different aspect of the system, including filling out forms, getting care in an emergency, and navigating a health facility.
In this document, the authors provide an overview of the curriculum; an extensive glossary of useful terms; and a list of other resources available.
The authors note that the curriculum provides information about health care to English language learners ranging from pre-benchmark to Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 2.
Funders:
- Government of Alberta
Added: 2011-09-20
27. Health Check (2002)
Health and Literacy Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
As literacy advocates in the Northwest Territories, the NWT Literacy Council knows that many people there have low literacy levels. Through their work, they are aware too of the numerous health issues that people in the NWT face daily. Given these factors, and the close links between literacy and health, they began to understand why it might be difficult for some people to make healthy choices.
For more information:
NWT Literacy Council
5122 - 48th Street
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2N6
Telephone: (867) 873-9262
Toll Free in NWT: 1-866-599-6758
Fax: (867) 873-2176
Email: info@nwtliteracy.ca
Website: http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/index.htm
Added: 2004-06-14
28. Health Education In Massachusetts Adult Basic Education Programs (2004)
The Peer Leadership-Empowerment Model: Impacts And Outcomes—An Exploratory Study
Authors: Marcia Drew Hohn
Collection: Research Materials
This exploratory study was undertaken by the author as part of a sabbatical project. The purpose of the report is to document the peer leadership model of health education developed in Massachusetts, and the impacts and outcomes of years of work using this empowerment model.
Added: 2004-05-10
29. Health Essential Skills (2010)
Series: Essential Skills Fact Sheets
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
This document, one in a series of fact sheets published by the NWT Literacy Council, defines essential skills -- reading, document use, writing, numeracy, oral communication, thinking, working with others, computer use and lifelong learning – then offers examples of how those skills can be used to maintain and promote health.
The authors use a hypothetical family made up of mother, father, grandmother and three children. The role of numeracy in maintaining health is illustrated by with the example of the mother measuring out medicine for one of her children. The mother explaining to the child why the medicine must be taken is used as an example of the role of oral communication in promoting health.
Added: 2010-02-25
30. Health Information Needs Assessment of Adult Learners in PEI (2007)
Authors: PEI Literacy Alliance
Collection: Research Materials
This report presents the findings of a health information needs assessment conducted by the PEI Literacy Alliance. The Alliance aims to improve health literacy for Islanders. To help reach this goal, the Alliance conducted a health information needs assessment of people with low-literacy skills, focusing on people enrolled in adult education classes who have level two literacy skills. During focus group discussions, participants were asked about their experiences obtaining health information and how it could be easier for them to get. In addition to a description of the research and a discussion of the key findings, this report also includes suggestions on how to improve the communication of health information to adult learners.
Added: 2008-03-20
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