Read the State of Pennsylvania’s Senate Resolution proclaiming October 2009 as Health Literacy Month http://tinyurl.com/yll7yto

Iowa Department of Health “Plain and Simple” website includes a resource on Web-based readability tools http://www.idph.state.ia.us/health_literacy/readability.asp

Health Literacy Month Stories
http://www.healthliteracy.com/hlmonth_stories.asp

October 9. “A Health Literacy Progression . . .” Linda Rohret’s awareness of the importance of health literacy began early in life and continues today. She shares the story of landmarks that brought her to where she is — a health educator whose career revolves around the critical need for health literacy.

October 9. “Photo Slideshow: How a Community Uses Art to Teach About Health.” Twenty years ago, Tisha Kenny, a registered nurse with a master’s degree in public health and an avid interest in art, started to think about the effect of relentless advertising — not only on individuals, but on communities as a whole. What would happen if communities were instead exposed to messages that promoted healing and healthy lifestyles in a vibrant, arresting, and unique way? You can see examples of this artwork and media campaign in an online slideshow written and produced by Michelle Badash.

October 10. “Why Create a Blog on Health Literacy.” Angela Arner is a librarian working in an academic health sciences library. She tells about why she created a blog to raise health literacy awareness among students, faculty, staff, health care professionals, and the community at large.

October 11.”Watch Out for Labels.” Sonia Portugal shares thoughts about health and nutrition with her English as a Second Language classmates in New York and friends from Peru –the country from which she came. She wrote this poem about nutrition.

October 12. “Iowan’s Rare Insight Improves Health Communication.” Doug Kapp learned to read as an adult. First published in Plain & Simple: A Health Literacy Project for Iowa, this story tells about his experiences teaching public health and health care workers how to help patients with low health literacy skills.

October 13. “You’ll Just Have to Trust Me.” Jan Potter tells about how health literacy first hit home when her mother was hospitalized for what was believed to be heart problems. Knowing the many problems that can occur, she now designs tools to better communicate health information.

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