Priscilla, I don't think there is a lot of awareness in education that
health is an adult learning issue. I was theme editor of a special issue of
Adult Learning, the practitioner-oriented publication of the American
Association of Adult and Continuing Education, and there are some excellent
articles in that issue including one by Rima Rudd that you may have
encountered in ERIC. I will include the Table of Contents so that you can
locate the others in ERIC.

 


Health Literacy is a Social Justice Issue that Affects Us All


Lilian H. Hill, Theme Editor

 

Adult Education and Public Health Partner to Address Health Literacy Needs

            Rima E. Rudd

 

Knowledge Is Not Enough: Advancing Health Literacy through Lessons from
History 

B. Allan Quigley

 

A Community-based Approach to Health Literacy using Participatory Research 


            Doris E. Gillis


 


Receta Medica: Communicating Medication Information across the
Language/Literacy Divide


            Nancy R. Faux


 


Using Visuals to Communicate Medicine Information to Patients with Low
Literacy


            Ros Dowse

 

Life Skills to Life Saving: Health Literacy in Adult Education

            Sandy Diehl

 

Lilian H. Hill 
Assistant Professor of Adult Education 
University of Southern Mississippi 
#5027, 118 College Drive 
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 
601-266-4622 
FAX 601-266-5141 

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anais Nin 

 

  _____  

From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Priscilla Witte
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 12:23 AM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2161] Re: Health Literacy Curriculum

 


Why is it that only two students from the school of education have taken
your class? I would have expected more. I also wonder why there are only
small handful of articles about health literacy in the ERIC database
(contrasted by the thousands in MEDLINE).

 

The 26 matches in ERIC include excellent articles by Rima Rudd and Lilian
Hill, and several other articles that appeared in health education and
school health journals, but it seems as if a literacy issue that affects the
quality and length of life should generate much interest. Since low levels
of health literacy takes a toll on the health care system in terms of costs,
and also takes a toll on underserved people in terms of suffering, wouldn't
it be a win-win situation to focus more on health literacy in adult
education centers. What needs to happen...better funding? 

Priscilla Grace Witte
Northern Illinois University



--- On Tue, 7/15/08, Rima Rudd <rrudd at hsph.harvard.edu> wrote:

From: Rima Rudd <rrudd at hsph.harvard.edu>
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2138] Re: Health Literacy Curriculum
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 12:57 PM

Hi Julie,


This course is offered at the Harvard School of Public Health. Over the
years,


students have come from the MPH program [students with an MD returning to


school for a public health degree;


 more recently students who completed their


third year of medical school, taking a year off to do an MPH and then return
to


medical school] and
 from the ScM program. I've had only two students come


over from the school of education. 


Hope this is helpful.


Rima


  


Rima E. Rudd, ScD, MSPH


Department of Society, Human Development & Health


Harvard School of Public Health


677 Huntington Avenue


Boston MA 02115


Phone: 617 432 1135


fax:     617 432 3123


web:    www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy


www.hsph.harvard.edu/sisterstogether


  



>>> "Julie McKinney" <julie_mcKinney at worlded.org>



7/15/2008 1:44 PM >>>


Rima,


  


What kind of people take this graduate course? Are they mostly from the


health or public health field, education, or other fields? Are they


usually at the beginning of their career or coming back to learn about


health literacy to help them in their current


 field?


  


I'm curious how people out there are using the different kinds of health


literacy trainings.


  


Thanks,


Julie


  


Julie
 McKinney


Health Literacy List Moderator


World Education


jmckinney at worlded.org 



>>> "Rima Rudd" <RRUDD at hsph.harvard.edu> 07/15/08 9:50



AM >>>


Hello again,


As many of you know, I developed a graduate course on health literacy


here at the Harvard School of Public Health in 1992 and have been


offering versions of such a course over the years. Here is a course


syllabus brief from this year's offering:


Health Literacy


Dr. Rima E. Rudd with Dr. Alexa McCray


Format: The course is designed as a discussion seminar. Participants


share responsibility for reading analyses and for presentations.


Participants are expected to engage in a site visit, to prepare an


observation report, and to develop a course project. 


  


Content: 


Course


 participants are introduced to the multi-layered links between


literacy and health. Course readings, projects, and discussions will


enable
 participants to:


1. Become familiar with national and international statistics on


literacy and health literacy with particular attention to functional


measures


o       Examine and assess functional literacy measures from the NALS,


IALS, NAAL and ALLS


o       Examine and assess commonly used $B!F(Bhealth literacy$B!G(B
assessment


tools 


2. Explore links between literacy and health disparities


o       Define vulnerable population groups


o       Evaluate health outcome studies


3. Examine literacy related demands and barriers


o       Apply and assess tools used to measure print materials 


o       Conduct analyses of materials and environments to identify


literacy related barriers


4. Become familiar with key health reports from the Department of Health


and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine, the Agency


 for Healthcare


Research and Quality, the Educational Testing Service, and the Joint


Commission as well as selected white papers on
 health literacy. 


o       Define health literacy and its scope


o       Delineate research findings and gaps  


5. Examine and assess an array of health literacy programs and studies


o       Define underlying pedagogies


o       Identify best practices 


 


Course participants engage in and report on analysis of readings and


structured assignments to familiarize them with the environment of


health facilities and of the demands of health materials. Course


readings are drawn from key reports and texts. The required texts are


available at the coop. Reports can be downloaded from the appropriate


link on the internet.  Finally, participants are expected to become


familiar with the HSPH Health Literacy website: 


www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy 


  


Required Texts:


$B!|(B       Doak, Doak, Root, Teaching


 Patients with Low Literacy Skills [on


line at www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy ]


$B!|(B       Purcell-Gates, Other People$B!G(Bs Words
 [available at the coop]


$B!|(B       IOM, Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion
[available


at the coop and on-line].


  


Required Reports 


$B!|(B       MassINC: New Skills for a New Economy: Adult Education$B!G(Bs
Key


Role in Sustaining Economic Growth and Expanding Opportunity.


$B!|(B       NCSALL: Building a Level Playing Field: The Need to Expand and


Improve the National and State Adult Education and Literacy Systems


[www.ncsall.net]


$B!|(B       HALL/NCSALL: Health Literacy Study Circles [available at


www.ncsall.net or www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy  under the


heading: curriculum]


$B!|(B       Health and Human Services Publication: Communicating Health


http://odphp.osoph.dhhs.gov/projects/healthcomm 


$B!|(B       Educational Testing Services: Literacy and Health in


 America


http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/PICHEATH.pdf [link available on


http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy 


        under the heading: reports] 


$B!|
 
 
 (B    Educational
 Testing Services: The International Adult Literacy


Surveys: Understanding What Was Measured [http://www.ets.org]


$B!|(B       Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Literacy and Health


Outcomes, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 87


http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/literacy/literacy.pdf 


$B!|(B       The Joint Commission, $B!F(BWhat did the doctor say?$B!G(B:
Improving


Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety. 


http://www,jointcommission.org 


  


Rima Rudd


  


Rima E. Rudd, ScD, MSPH


Department of Society, Human Development & Health


Harvard School of Public Health


677 Huntington Avenue


Boston MA 02115


Phone: 617 432 1135


fax:     617 432 3123


web:    www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy


 


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