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 j29Kf0C28683; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:41:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:41:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20050309124127.02b1d3a0@exchange.adnet-inc.net> 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: Shelley Hourston <wdi@bccpd.bc.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4690] Re: request advice re: HL training X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 3280 Lines: 90 Hi Alison ... I would be very interested in following your work. I work with a provincial disability organization in British Columbia -- specifically three programs: the AIDS & Disability Action Program, Wellness & Disability Initiative and the Health Literacy Network. One event that I know of: BUT DO THEY UNDERSTAND? COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS A WORKSHOP FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS with a new segment on HEALTH LITERACY ACROSS CULTURES April 15, 2005, 9:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Hôtel du Fort sponsored by: The Centre for Literacy of Quebec 3040 Sherbrooke Street West, 4B.1-6 Montreal, QC, H3Z 1A4 Tel: (514) 931-8731 ext. 1415 Fax: (514) 931-5181 Email: literacycntr@dawsoncollege.qc.ca Web: http://www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca And of course there are the courses and curricula listed at the Harvard School of Public Health - Health Literacy Studies: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/curricula.html There are a couple of names I would recommend as resource people -- but I'm sure you already know of them: Seth Kalichman Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. seth.k@uconn.edu List of his articles available in PubMed Nora Groce, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Division of Global Health Phone: (203) 785-2866 Fax: (203) 785-6193 nora.groce@yale.edu http://publichealth.yale.edu/faculty/groce.html Helen Osborne -- books and website -- excellent resources on health literacy http://www.healthliteracy.com/ Seth is one of the very few people I know of who is looking at health literacy and HIV/AIDS. Nora did a global survey of HIV/AIDS and people with disabilities (not specific to health literacy but of course HL is an enormous issue for people with disabilities). Please keep in touch and let me know things go and if I can help in any way. Cheers, Shelley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shelley Hourston, B.A., M.L.S. Director Wellness & Disability Program/AIDS & Disability Action Program/ Health Literacy Network BC Coalition of People with Disabilities 204 - 456 W. Broadway Vancouver, BC Canada V5Y 1R3 tel.: (604) 875-0188 toll free: 1-877-232-7400 fax: (604) 875-9227 TTY: (604) 875-8835 email: wdi@bccpd.bc.ca web: http://www.bccpd.bc.ca At 02:42 PM 09/03/2005 -0500, you wrote: My name is Alison Colbert and I am a doctoral student in nursing at the University of Pittsburgh. I am planning on doing my dissertation on health literacy, specifically a mixed-methods study on health literacy, self-efficacy, and medication adherence in an HIV population. I was hoping for input and guidance about my research and course of study. Pittsburgh has a variety of excellent and helpful resources, but unfortunately, I will need to look beyond the university to get the training I need in health literacy. This could come in the form of independent studies, distance education, mentoring, etc. I have done a significant amount of research in the area (and have read publications from several members of this list-serv) and I will be attending the Health Literacy conference in California in May. Any advice, suggestions, pearls of wisdom, cautionary tales, etc would be most appreciated. If you prefer, you can email me privately at amcolbert@verizon.net. Thank you. Alison Alison Colbert, MSN, APRN
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