Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hA5IUkV28446; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 13:30:46 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 13:30:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BC4104335DD3FC409769B6192CBE214F3D9C60@m-ncbddd-1.ncbddd.cdc.gov> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mersereau, Patricia" <pgm5@cdc.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4233] Low literacy booklet: new at CDC X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1834 Lines: 48 Announcing NCBDDD's New Low-Literacy Folic Acid Educational Material The Birth Defects Prevention Research Team at CDC's NCBDDD would like to announce the availability of its new folic acid educational material developed specifically for pregnancy contemplators with low to average literacy skills. This new booklet, entitled "Healthy Mothers Have Healthier Babies with Folic Acid: Emma's Story," is available in both English and Spanish via CDC's FREE folic acid materials online order form: http://www2.cdc.gov/ncbddd/faorder . This educational booklet tells the story of a wife and husband who are planning for pregnancy and learn the importance of taking folic acid before she is pregnant, throughout her pregnancy, and every day. The material is written at a 6th grade reading level and has been successfully tested with several groups of individuals in both English and Spanish in GED (General Education Diploma) and ESL (English as a Second Language) classes. This booklet is a result of requests from our constituents to provide effective folic acid educational material for individuals with limited literacy skills. If you have any questions about this new material, please contact Katie Kilker at kpk9@cdc.gov or by calling 404-498-3872. Please visit : http://www2.cdc.gov/ncbddd/faorder and order as many free materials as you will use. Thank you for your continued work in preventing neural tube defects! Sincerely, Katie Kilker Katie P. Kilker Health Research Associate Battelle Contractor for CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities 1600 Clifton Rd. MS E-86 Atlanta, GA 30333 Ph. 404-498-3872 Fax 404-498-3550 kpk9@cdc.gov Folic Acid: Every Woman, Every Day! Visit Us Online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid Order Free Folic Acid Materials: http://www2.cdc.gov/ncbddd/faorder P
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