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 j27K7FC25133; Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:07:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:07:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <422CB3E9.1080809@nmdp.org> 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: Martha Burton Santibanez <mburton@nmdp.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4679] Re: FW: Choice of format X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1408 Lines: 27 Speaking as a woman who had a baby within the past year, I would encourage you to think about incorporating your message into packaging - like what they do with promotions on cereal boxes. I've gotta tell you that the REAMS of post-partum info I received is still in a pile in a corner of my bedroom, 10 months later. Never read it. But I've read the backs of about a billion baby food containers. Maybe a corporate co-sponsor, like Gerber, would be a good partner? I spend a LOT of time reading the backs of boxes and containers, trying to figure out if it is something I would feed my baby - or feed myself, since it ultimately ends up in my baby. That is the bulk of my recreational reading at this stage: the backs of baby cereal boxes and Mother Goose rhymes. ;-) Or what about signs at the grocery store that could flag foods that are good sources of folic acid, and include some brief info about folic acid pre-pregnancy & post-partum? I think that would be *very* effective with influencing food selection. Even just something that said "Baby-Friendly Food" would be nice, IMO... I got rid of all of my refrigerator magnets for two reasons - I didn't want my baby chewing on any that might fall off, and then I renovated my kitchen and went stainless. Stainless steel = no magnets sticking. Something to think about. Martha Burton Santibanez (your focus group of one)
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