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 h8MJRYV29451; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:27:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:27:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <014b01c3813f$02311640$fa8c2344@montbl01.nm.comcast.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: "Audrey Riffenburgh" <ar@plainlanguageworks.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:4137] Re: Need a shopping list... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2268 Lines: 71 Hi, Martha, My colleagues in health literacy and I have used these "standbys" for a long time. They cover research-based document design, clear writing, cross cultural challenges in health communication, and some alternatives to print materials. Happy reading! Schriver, Karen. Dynamics in Document Design. New York: Wiley & Sons, 1997. ISBN 0-471-30636-3 Williams Robin. The Non-Designer's Design Book (Design and typographic principles for the visual novice). Berkeley CA: Peachpit Press, 1994. ISBN 1-56609-159-4 AMC Cancer Research Center. Beyond the Brochure: Alternative Approaches to Effective Health Communication. AMC, 1994. Plain English at Work, 1996, by Edward P. Bailey, Jr., Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-510449-8. Anne Fadiman. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures. The Noonday Press. ISBN 0-374-52564-1 Audrey Riffenburgh, M.A. President, Riffenburgh & Associates P.O. Box 6670, Albuquerque, NM 87197-6670 Phone: (505) 345-1107 Fax: (505) 345-1104 E-mail: ar@plainlanguageworks.com Specialists in Plain Language & Health Literacy since 1994 ============================================= Principal & Founding Member, The Clear Language Group www.clearlanguagegroup.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Burton Santibáñez" <mburton@nmdp.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:17 AM 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 > > > > >
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