I would be very interested in what you come up with to put in a Universal
Precautions toolkit for Primary Care practices.

 

We have been using the tool developed by the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC) to assess our curriculum around issues of cultural
competency knowledge, attitudes, and skills. The tool is called TACCT - Tool
for Assessing Cultural Competency Training and it is available on the AAMC
website.  Perhaps the tool could be used to assess how practices are
creating and supporting a culture where these KAS are discussed, developed,
and incorporated into practice.  The AAMC website also has the guidelines
for using and the bibliography that supports the TACCT  Tool

 

If there were a comparable tool for addressing KAS for Health literacy, I
think it would be very helpful.

 

David Pole, MPH

Deputy Director, Division of Community Health Promotion

Deputy Director, AHEC Program Office

Department of Community and Family Medicine

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

(P) 314-977-8484   (F) 314-977-5268

poledc at slu.edu

 

SLU Community and Family Medicine ~ Innovations in Education, Research, and
Primary Care

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of DeWalt, Darren
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 2:53 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2065] Universal Precautions Toolkit for Primary
Care

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

We are developing a Health Literacy Universal Precautions toolkit for use in
primary care practices.  Therefore, we are looking for a broad range of
tools that can be used by practices to help patients get the most out of
their health care.  This includes but is not limited to:

 

1.       Staff training to improve cultural or literacy sensitivity and
patient communication & education

2.       Strategies for serving patients with low literacy or cultural
differences

3.       Strategies for practices to link with literacy or cultural
resources provided in the community

 

Please reply with any questions or if you have a tool that may be useful to
include. If you have a tool, please let us know the name of the tool, how it
is used, and what it costs.

 

How to Reply: Email: vhawk at med.unc.edu or fax: 919 966-1739 ATTN: Victoria
Hawk, HL Toolkit Mgr.

 

When to Reply: by June 16, 2008.

 

What to Include in Your Reply: In addition to information about tools,
please include contact information: Name, Organization, Phone, Fax, Mailing
Address and Email.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Darren 

 

Darren A. DeWalt, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of General Internal Medicine

5039 Old Clinic Building, CB#7110

Chapel Hill, NC  27599

Campus Office: 919-966-2276, ext 245

Sheps Center Office: 919-966-0926

fax: 919-966-2274

 

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