Julie, One concern I have about the pill cards is the picture of the 
medication. With the use of generic medications the manufacturer could 
change, therefore the drugs appearance would change causing added 
confusion. Deb 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Julie McKinney" <julie_mcKinney at worlded.org>
To: <healthliteracy at nifl.gov>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:04:13 -0500
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1802] Re: Wednesday Question: Take-home
	products to	help improve health	AND literacy


> Debra, this sounds interesting. We can't include scanned images on the

> list. Can you describe it further or lead us to a website that explains

> it more?

> 

> Thanks!

> 

> Julie

> 

> Julie McKinney

> Discussion List Moderator

> World Education/NCSALL

> jmckinney at worlded.org

> 

> >>> "Varner, Debra" <DVarner at cmhsumner.org> 02/28/08 9:05 AM >>>

> Julie, We developed an "eform" that is in our computer system. When 

> patients are discharged the nurse completes the form. We did testing 

> prior to initiating it into our system and have had very good reviews 

> from our patients including patients with literacy issues. Deb

> ps Sorry the scanned image is not very clear.

> 

> -----Original Message-----

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

> To: <healthliteracy at nifl.gov>

> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:22:36 -0500

> Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1792] Wednesday Question: Take-home products

> to 

> help improve health	AND literacy

> 

> > Hi Everyone,

> > 

> > I think the AHRQ Pill Card that Cheryl just linked us to is an

> > interesting exampleof a take-home product that could be initiated by

> > either health educators or literacy educators, and help improve

> > people's health and literacy skills at the same time.

> > 

> > For example, I can imagine creating these pill cards with students in

> > an adult literacy class, and finding that not only does the student

> get

> > a useful tool to put up in their medicine cabinet, but also a good

> > practice in reading, writing, numeracy, and understanding information

> > in chart form.

> > 

> > So my question today is: 

> > 

> > What other take-home products have literacy teachers or health

> > educators created with students and patients that could also work

> like

> > this? How do people respond? In what ways is it helpful or not?

> > 

> > Has anyone created these pill cards?

> > 

> > Love to hear some thoughts,

> > Julie

> > 

> > Julie McKinney

> > Discussion List Moderator

> > World Education/NCSALL

> > jmckinney at worlded.org

> > 

> > >>> "Clarke, Cheryl" <clarkec at wellmark.com> 02/26/08 3:13 PM >>>

> > Here is an interesting take on a medication list that uses graphics -

> > the "pill card":

> > 

> >  

> > 

> > I thought this would be of interest to the group.

> > 

> >  

> > 

> > http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pillcard/pillcard.htm

> > 

> >  

> > 

> >  

> > 

> >  

> > 

> > Cheryl Clarke, R.Ph. 

> > Senior Program Manager 

> > The Wellmark Foundation 

> > 636 Grand Avenue, Station 150 

> > PO Box 9232 

> > Des Moines, IA  50306-9232 

> > 515.245.4997 (voice)  515.235.4445 (fax) 

> > clarkec at wellmark.com 

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> > 

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> > 

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