Hello everyone!

My name is Rose Hernandez and I recently subscribed to the health and literacy discussion list after going through some of the archives and seeing the valuable information shared in this list.  

First of all, let me tell you a little bit about myself and my connection to health literacy. I am an Americorp VISTA Healthcorps member at Morris Heights Health Center, a not-for-profit community health center in Bronx, NY.  Americorp VISTA is a govt funded program that provides a "living allowance" and stipend for a year of community service. So my goal this year is to create and implement a health literacy program at my site.  

So after months of research and looking at established health literacy programs and initiatives, we have decided we are going to do waiting room presentations for patients on "how to read medication labels" and "how to communicate effectively with your doctor." To complement this, we would also like to have trainings for providers and medical staff to make them aware of the health literacy issue as well as providing them with strategies they could use to better communicate with their patients. 

So I have a couple of questions for you all that maybe you can help me out with.....

1. Do you know of any organizations or people that provide health literacy trainings for providers and ledical staff for FREE or for a VERY modest fee? Also does anyone know what the average price range for a one time training  is (for a group of about 30 people)? 

At this time we are just starting out and have virtually no funding for this program...which leads me to my next question.

2. Do you know of any funding sources that would consider funding a health literacy program like the one I have described above.

As for the discussion list, I hope to hear about all the new developments in health literacy especially about the community based health literacy programs. I would also like to network with other health literacy professionals.

Hope to hear from you,

Rose Hernandez

-----Original Message-----
From: Julie McKinney [mailto:julie_mcKinney at worlded.org]
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 10:48 AM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: Spam:[HealthLiteracy] Welcome to New Subscribers, and a
Question for All


Hello All,

This is Julie, your list moderator. There are two things I'd like to
put out for you all today.

First, I want to welcome the new subscribers to the list! We are happy
to have you join our discussion, and I invite all of you to write in to
the list and introduce yourselves. I would love to know what you do, and
what you hope to get out of this discussion list. It's always nice to
know who is in our community and what we can do to support each other.

And while we are at it, I would like to ask all subscribers (new and
old) for your two cents on what you see as the purpose of this list for
each of you. Since I am new at moderating this list, this would help me
to faciltate discussion and it could help all of us to  find the
information and support we need.

Below is the official description of the lists's purpose:

The purpose of the Health and Literacy discussion list is to provide an
on-going professional development forum where literacy practitioners,
healthcare providers, health educators, researchers, policy makers, and
others can discuss literacy issues in health education programs and in
health care settings; health education efforts being undertaken within
literacy programs; literacy screening measures being piloted in health
care settings and the readability of health materials. The list is
moderated by Julie McKinney, with World Education, Inc.

We encourage discussion list participants to focus your contributions
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are welcome, especially when they are voiced in the spirit of inquiry,
curiosity, and mutual respect.  

Thank you all for your input, and please feel free to contact me with
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Julie

Julie McKinney
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