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 j6SDZ8G05147; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:35:08 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:35:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100306bf0e8e9b30c6@[4.237.86.137]> 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: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4776] Re: New Readers of Iowa 2005 Health/Literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: RO Content-Length: 4423 Lines: 100 Archie, You deserve a long round of applause for your tireless efforts in Iowa. This is pretty exciting stuff. Keep up the good work. Gail >The New Readers of Iowa have been together for 16 years now and we >are about to have our 16th state conference on Saturday, September >10, at the Sheraton Four Points Airport Hotel, 1810 Army Post Road, >Des Moines, Iowa. The phone number is 515 287 6464. Ask for the New >Readers of Iowa Conference room rate. This will be a one day >conference from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. > >On one of the listservs there has been some discussion about how >hard it is for a person with poor literacy skills to pursue their >right to happiness that is guaranteed to us by our constitution. >Because of the many things that are happening in our society today >it is becoming harder to do. The New Readers of Iowa state >conferences are aimed at helping adult learners to communicate >better and we want them to come away better prepared to deal with >the little things in life. When we as adult learners get better at >communication we build our confidence and we do better things with >our lives. > >When you've grown up and have lost your childhood dreams as a child, >you become very defensive about yourself, your life and many other >things because of your past experiences. The bad memories and the >struggles of not learning to read clog your thinking and you can't >see all the beautiful little things in life that are all around you. >By having these conferences we have tried to build confidence in >adult learners and enable them to have a happy and more productive >life. Good health is one of those things that will help us and it is >something we all should be working on: how to use the health system. >It is very complicated not just for adult learners, but for all of >us. > >The topic of this year's conference is health and literacy. A group >of pharmacists will be there to provide information for you about >your medications. You can bring your medications in and ask >questions about them. We will have very general health screening. >The "Ask Me 3" project will be reviewed and a panel of new readers >will share their perspectives about their experiences with it. A >dietician will talk about nutrition. We will have a presentation >about the new law that goes into effect in 2006 concerning how to >access prescription drugs for people who have no drug coverage and >other helpful information about health care. > >I feel we have a very good program with some good speakers from the >health field: Rima Rudd, Sc. D., Harvard University School of Public >Health; Joanne Schwartzberg, M.D., American Medical Association; >Mary Mincer Hansen, State Health Commissioner; Dr. David Peat from >the UK who is working on health literacy in the UK; and others. > >I'm asking adult literacy programs all over the country to send >adult learners to our health and literacy conference and give them a >chance to grow. This conference is one of a kind and it is one of >the few student conferences still out there, so we need your support >to keep adult literacy alive for people who have poor literacy >skills. At these conferences we all come to learn together but if >you are not an adult learner and you want to learn with us and from >each other, you are welcome to attend the conference. There is no >conference fee, but you need to register by calling Karmen Shriver >at 1 888 466 4222, ext. 4341. > >At the end of the conference, the adult learners will have a >discussion and compare the last two conferences and talk about what >they have learned. If they feel they need to add to the Health >Literacy Statement that we made at last year's conference, we will >do this at that time. I hope to see many of you at our conference. > >Contributors to the conference: > >The Iowa Department of Education >Pfizer >Harvard School of Public Health >The Iowa Health System >The Learning Disabilities Association of Iowa >American Medical Association >World Education >North Iowa Area Community College >HyVee Food Stores > >Thank you, >Archie Willard >Conference Chair and Adult Learner > >-- >Archie Willard >URL - http://www.readiowa.org/archiew.html -- Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610 www.caalusa.org
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