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 h8HLmGT19666; Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:48:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 17:48:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3F68D534.ABD9C1B9@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 Santibáñez <mburton@nmdp.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4126] RE: Need a shopping list... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) Status: O Content-Length: 4518 Lines: 107 Wow! Thank you for taking the time to pull all this together! M "Hodorowski, Julie K./Sloan-Kettering Institute" wrote: > Dear Martha, > > Aren't you lucky. > > This kit is definitely worthwhile: > AMA Health Literacy kit > http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/8115.html > > This looks like a great video: "Community Voices Exploring > Cross-Cultural Care through Cancer" > http://www.fanlight.com/catalog/films/329_cv.shtml > Community Voices: A Video and Facilitator's Guide > http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cancer/materials/videos.html > > You might want to take a look at the following to help in your selection > of materials: > > You may find the list of Books and Journals of interest at this Web > site: Readability Analysis of Consumer Health Materials > http://www.nnlm.gov/scr/conhlth/read.htm > > Perhaps some videos would help your collection: > Resources for Consumer Health Videos > http://www.nnlm.gov/scr/conhlth/chvideos.htm > > Cultural competency may be of interest - I think this is free material > but may as well add it! > HRSA has updated The Provider's Guide to Quality and Culture, adding > information to help health care practitioners deliver culturally > sensitive care to Arab, Central and South Asian, and Muslim clients. The > new information, developed in partnership with the U. S. Agency for > International Development, provides essential health-related information > on the growing numbers of immigrants and refugees from Middle Eastern > and Asian countries, including Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Iran, > Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. In addition, the Provider's Guide > includes a special section on the health care needs of Muslims. The > Provider's Guide is a joint project of HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health > Care and Management Sciences for Health (MSH). > Topics include: > * getting to know the cultures; > * strengths and protective factors; > * challenges to health and well-being; and > * principles for culturally competent health services. > http://erc.msh.org/mainpage.cfm?file=1.0.htm&module=provider&language=En > glish&ggroup=&mgroup= > > While not literacy related, videos are always great when dealing with a > low literacy audience: > Kids Tell Kids What It's Like When Their Brother or Sister Has Cancer. > (1998). Los Angeles: Cancervive. Kids Tell Kids What It's Like When > Their Mother or Father Has Cancer. (1998). Los Angeles: Cancervive > http://www.cancervive.org/sfbv.html > > Sincerely, > Julie Keany Hodorowski RN, MA > Information Service Manager > Cancer Information Service of New York > Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center > "A program of the National Cancer Institute: Your link to cancer > information." > 1-800-4-CANCER < www.cancer.gov> > > -----Original Message----- > From: mburton@nmdp.org [mailto:mburton@nmdp.org] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:16 AM > To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov > Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4121] Need a shopping list... > > Our fiscal year ends this month and my department is significantly > under-budget. I just received official word to go shopping. :-) It > looks like I have about $500 in my "pocket" and I'd love to hear > recommendations from people about "must-have" materials or resources to > order that support the development of accessible materials for patients > and/or diverse audiences. I'm open to considering just about anything - > from software to textbooks to subscriptions. > > Currently on the to-order list is: > Doak & Doak, "Teaching Patients w/ Low Literacy" and > Health Literacy Project, "Literacy, Health & the Law" > > Thanks in advance - > > Martha Burton Santibanez > Outreach Specialist > National Marrow Donor Program > > > ===================================================================== > > Please note that this e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be > privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure under > applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > reading, dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of this > communication or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. 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