[NIFL-HEALTH:4055] RE: Health Literacy Toolkit

From: Arvanitis, Jill (JArvanitis@air.org)
Date: Tue Jul 22 2003 - 08:44:00 EDT


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Hi Debbie,

What a wonderful resource!  Is this toolkit available to order in a "hard
copy" version?  

Thank you,

Jill Arvanitis, MPH, CHES

-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Yoho [mailto:dwyoho@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:43 PM
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Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4052] Health Literacy Toolkit


The following posted by request:

 Hello everyone,
>
> We are pleased to announce that the Virginia Adult Education Health
Literacy
> Toolkit[1] and Fairfax EL/Civics Curriculum[2] are now available online.
>
> VIRGINIA ADULT EDUCATION HEALTH LITERACY TOOLKIT
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> -
> The Virginia Adult Education Health Literacy Toolkit[1] is a valuable
> resource designed to help adult education instructors and administrators
> better understand the problem of health literacy as it affects their
> learners. It supports creative approaches to helping learners increase
> health literacy as they engage in sound, productive adult basic literacy,
> GED preparation, and ESOL instruction. Information and resources are
> provided to educate the educator about health care in the United States
and
> cultural issues relating to health, and to simplify creation of health
> lessons and curricula for teachers and programs. The Toolkit includes
> extensive web and print resources, including links to health curricula
> created by and for adult literacy and ESOL programs, reproducible teaching
> materials, and information on accessing affordable health care in
Virginia.
>
> The Toolkit is available online at:
> http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/healthlit/e 





Deborah W. Yoho
Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv
President, SC Adult Literacy Educators
Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council
2728 Devine Street,  Columbia, SC  29205
803-765-2555   Fax  803-779-8417   dwyoho@earthlink.net



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