I posted the "create a pill card" information to my blog yesterday and
already today I have gotten responses from two people who have thanked
me for posting it.  http://nnlm.gov/mcr/bhic/?p=2729

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Julie McKinney
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:23 PM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1792] Wednesday Question: Take-home products
tohelp improve health AND literacy

Hi Everyone,

I think the AHRQ Pill Card that Cheryl just linked us to is an
interesting exampleof a take-home product that could be initiated by
either health educators or literacy educators, and help improve people's
health and literacy skills at the same time.

For example, I can imagine creating these pill cards with students in an
adult literacy class, and finding that not only does the student get a
useful tool to put up in their medicine cabinet, but also a good
practice in reading, writing, numeracy, and understanding information in
chart form.

So my question today is: 

What other take-home products have literacy teachers or health educators
created with students and patients that could also work like this? How
do people respond? In what ways is it helpful or not?

Has anyone created these pill cards?

Love to hear some thoughts,
Julie

Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
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>>> "Clarke, Cheryl" <clarkec at wellmark.com> 02/26/08 3:13 PM >>>

Here is an interesting take on a medication list that uses graphics -
the "pill card":

 

I thought this would be of interest to the group.

 

http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pillcard/pillcard.htm

 

 

 

Cheryl Clarke, R.Ph. 
Senior Program Manager
The Wellmark Foundation
636 Grand Avenue, Station 150
PO Box 9232
Des Moines, IA  50306-9232
515.245.4997 (voice)  515.235.4445 (fax) clarkec at wellmark.com
www.wellmark.com/foundation <http://www.wellmark.com/foundation>  

 



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