I have a question for the list - just an informal survey.

How do you feel about referring to the people we tailor materials for as "low literate" or "low health literate"? I have read lots of excellent opinion pieces on naming of people with tangible diseases; e.g., "people with diabetes" rather than "diabetics". However, using the phrase "people who have low literacy" or "People with low health literacy" just doesn't ring fair, simply because we have already established that literacy is not a personal issue, but rather a social one, and cannot be owned wholly by the individual we are referring to.
So, how do you refer to the people we are ultimately working for?

I am looking forward to seeing what you all think.

Regards,
Nicola

Nicola Davies, BA
Health Literacy Specialist
Wellness Centre Coordinator
Consumer Health Information Technician
ndavies at dthr.ab.ca
(403) 352-7643
Red Deer Regional Hospital
        3942-50A Ave
        Red Deer, AB
        T4N 4E7

-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 9:42 AM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1918] FW: [caphis] Fw: [NPInfo] iPods for PatientEducation


This email has gone through several listservs, i am just sending on the original. Pretty interesting use of ipods. I like that the video shows an older person using it.
Siobhan


 
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Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:58:29 PM
Subject: [NPInfo] iPods for Patient Education

Dear All,

There is an interesting video clippng on how Grayson H. Wheatley III,
M.D.,a cardiovascular surgeon at the Arizona Heart Institute, uses video
iPods to educate his patients about diet, exercise, heart and surgical
procedures.

You can view the clip at

http://www.nursezone.com/Nursing-News-Events/media-library.aspx

Thank you very much.

Regards
Jai

-- 
A.U.Jai Ganesh,
Project Coordinator,
Telemedicine & eHealth,
Prasanthi Nilayam.
India.