Dear Nicola,
 
The "low literate" tag poses a dilemma.  One the  one hand you don't want to 
denigrate anybody or say anything to put down  anyone, but on the other hand 
if you don't call a spade a spade, how can you  deal with the related problems?
 
Besides, according to the NALS, many people with  limited literacy skills (a 
term we prefer - with emphasis on the "skills") feel  that they read pretty 
well.
 
One might consider "Limited fluency skills" or  something like that, but 
maybe its more important in the way you say it than the  actual words. But that 
begs the question, "Who says?"   Another  approach may be to express a more 
positive view about how a person may  benefit from literacy skill improvement.
 
As a vol. literacy tutor of adults, maybe the  philosophy we learned from the 
former LVA was to "treat your student  (client) with the respect you would 
give a king" should prevail.   How would you talk literacy skills about the  
king?
 
What terms did you finally decide  on?
 
Len and Ceci Doak
 
Len and Ceci Doak
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/17/2008 7:34:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
NDavies at dthr.ab.ca writes:

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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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.

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