Hello All, 

I wanted to let you know that I have compiled several web sites that will
help in efforts to create accessible web sites on the topic of health
literacy. I will be forwarding those along, hopefully in the next day or
two. 

I also wanted to re-forward the below email as an example of an accessible
web site. From my perspective, the site can be easily and fully read with my
screen reader software. Each of the images is labeled with a brief
description of what the image contains and each of the links is clearly
defined on the page. From a sighted person's perspective, everything is
clearly laid out and the information from page to page is consistent. This
type of consistency is very important when it comes to individuals with
learning and cognitive disabilities. 

Valerie



		"A community that excludes even one of its members --
						  		is no
community at all"

									Dan
Wilkins  



Valerie Lewis, Director
Long Island Talking Book Library 
Administrator of Outreach Services
Suffolk Cooperative Library System
P.O. Box 9000
Bellport, NY 11713-9000
631-286-1600, x1365
(FAX) 631-286-1647
vlewis at suffolk.lib.ny.us




-----Original Message-----
From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Hilfiker, Sandra W.
(HHS/OPHS)
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 1:33 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2342] Improved healthfinder.gov Makes Prevention
Information Quicker and Easier to Use

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a more
user-friendly version of healthfinder.gov <http://www.healthfinder.gov/> .
The site offers quick and easy information and tools to help people stay
healthy and prevent disease. 

 

Coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
and its National Health Information Center, the redesign of healthfinder.gov
was informed by health literacy and usability principles and tested with
more than 650 users. 

 

Visit healthfinder.gov's Quick Guide to Healthy Living
<http://www.healthfinder.gov/prevention/> , a new resource that uses
everyday language and examples to:

*	Tell users how to take action to improve their health using a
"small-steps" approach
*	Give users positive reasons to change their behavior
*	Provide tools and encouragement, such as personal health
calculators, menu planners and recipes, tips for caregivers, and printable
lists of questions to take to the doctor

 

You also may want to try out the new "myhealthfinder
<http://www.healthfinder.gov/prevention/> " tool, which provides
personalized health recommendations based on sex, age, and pregnancy status.
This feature offers evidence-based recommendations from the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts in prevention and
primary care sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 

 

Visit the redesigned healthfinder.gov <http://www.healthfinder.gov/>  today
and help us spread the word about this new resource. For instructions on how
to link to healthfinder.gov, please visit
http://www.healthfinder.gov/aboutus/linking.aspx.

 

Sandra Williams Hilfiker

Health Communication Advisor

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
1101 Wootton Parkway, LL 100

Rockville, MD 20850

240-453-8268

SandraW.Hilfiker at hhs.gov