Wisconsin Literacy has been addressing this very issue on a regioanl basis around Wisconsin. It has encouraged the Regional Consultants, of which I am one of four, to put planning groups together to address the needs for their regions, and they will then be addressed at the State level. 
   
  On a smaller scale, the Racine (Wis.) Literacy Council pioneered a health literacy project more than three years ago and built a consortium with key stakeholders in the area. This collaboration is still strong today. The key members include Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - All Saints/Racine; the City of Racine Health Department; the Health Care Network, a medical provider to the uninsured; Gateway Technical College, Racine/School of Nursing; and Wisconsin Literacy.
   
  Current work included a "passport for health," being designed by WFH-All Saints Interpretation and Translation Services. This tool initially will be given to all patients in the translation service assistance program (Spanish speakers to begin with) and is intended to be carried to each medical appointment to assure that accurate medical and personal information is given to the provider. This will help avoid duplicate charts under multiple sir names, immediate identification of chronic medical conditions, etc. 
   
  We've also used the Ask Me 3 program in working with their medical residents' program, patients and providers.
   
  Hope this is what you're looking to document.
   
  Marsha Connet
  Health Literacy Coordinator and
  Wisconsin Literacy's SE Regional Consultant

"Bennett, Ian" <Ian.Bennett at uphs.upenn.edu> wrote:
  Hello everyone,

In preparation for the upcoming Focus on Basics issue on Health Literacy I would like to put together a listing of as many examples of collaborative projects in which adult educators or adult education organizations are partners/collaborators with medical providers, health system, or medical organization as I can identify. If you could forward me any leads on this with a description of the nature of the collaboration and any description on web sites and publications (they are not necessary - just if it exists) that would be great.

I think a loist of these types f programs would be very helpful to this developing field. 

Thanks,

Ian M. Bennett MD PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine


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