Hi Lisa & Joe,

The following resources may be helpful:

Norman CD, Skinner HA. eHEALS: The eHealth literacy Scale. Journal of 
Medical Internet Research (2006) 8:e27 
According to these authors (different article), "If eHealth is to realize 
its potential for improving the health of the public, the gap between what 
is provided and what people can access must be acknowledged and remedied."

Jakob Nielsen studies the usability of the web and provides some insights 
regarding lower-literacy design:
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20050314.html

The Health Literacy Environment of Hospitals and Health Centers - Partners 
for Action: Making Your Healthcare Facility Literacy-Friendly report by 
Rima Rudd and Jennie Anderson provides resources for navigation, print, 
oral, and technology-based communication 
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/literature.html

Some recent NIH studies address the issue of computer and health literacy:
http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/ocpl/resources/healthliteracyresearch.htm

Many people who do not have computers, access information through public 
libraries.

Regards,
Roberta McKnight, PhD, RN 
Continuing Professional Development & Evaluation Studies (CPDE)
School of Medicine 
Virginia Commonwealth University
Theater Row: 730 East Broad, Suite. 430
POB 980048, Richmond, VA  23298
Phone:  +804.828.5413 
Email: rmcknight at vcu.edu
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein



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Joe-
 
I think the internet (done right) has to potential to be extremely 
powerful.  However, using the internet to improve health literacy requires 
patients to have "computer literacy". BY computer literacy I mean the 
ability to use a computer, navigate the internet and distinguish good 
sources of information from all the junk that's out there.
 
I don't know of any studies to prove this, but I suspect that populations 
with low health literacy will also have low computer literacy.
 
I know in my community health center population, my patients don't have 
cars or phones..let alone computers.

 
Id be interested in what the adult ed population thinks about computer 
literacy and health literacy
 
Lisa
 
Lisa M. Jones,MD

 
 
 



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> I am a student at Georgia State in the Instructional Technology program. 

I was curious how critical you all (as health literacy professionals) 
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