Florida Literacy Coalition Shares Its Teacher/Tutor Resource Site

I put out a request on Twitter for lesson plans for tutors working with adult literacy learners and I received a link from the Florida Literacy Coalition for their Teacher/Tutor Resource Site. Let us know what you found really valuable on this site.

Health Literacy Videos

Health literacy videos which can be used with adult learners can be found at this site. Searcher in Charge Health Information

Health Literacy Resources

Here are two valuable sites with a variety of health literacy resources. The first, the Health Literacy Special Collection, has a section of Resources for Adult Literacy which include: Curricula, General Resources, Health Information for All, Training Opportunities, and Stories by Students.

The second, Research-based Health Literacy Materials and Instruction Guide, has materials for Beginning ABE and ESL levels. Included are sections on Health Professionals, Emergency Care, Self Care, and Talking to Health Professionals.

What health literacy resources have you used and/or developed? Do you have something you would like to share? Contact Kim with the information.

Health Literacy Materials

Check out this website for a variety of links to health literacy instructional materials and curricula.
http://www.calpro-online.org/o_guides/healthli/3.asp

An Eye Opening Health Literacy Story

Follow this link http://www.healthliteracymonth.org/hlm_article.asp?PageID=9146 to read the story "Write It Clearly, Say It Clearly ... and Then Follow Up" by a medical librarian about the direct impact that health literacy had on her life.

Women's Health: Body Wisdom for Every Woman

This curriculum guide empowers women to take charge of their own health by examining healthy lifestyles and making healthy decisions. Prevention, detection, and treatment of women's health issues, including mental health, are included.

By going to this site, http://www.hudrivctr.org/products_al.htm, you can download the guide in PDF format.

Swine Flu and You

The Literacy Assistance Center website http://lacnyc.org/profdev/healthlit/H1N1LessonPlans/Lichter_Page has a swine flu lesson plan with handouts and visuals. You can find numerous other swine flu resources - including links to videos for classroom use - at the SWPDC blog http://swpdc.blogspot.com/search/label/health%20literacy.

Free Health Literacy Materials

Download free health literacy materials from The Join Commission at this website: http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/SpeakUp/. Help adult learners speak up for their rights as health care consumers.

Time to Teach the Doctors

Follow this link to read a moving, true story about a woman who took her health literacy concerns into her own hands.
http://www.healthliteracymonth.org/hlm_article.asp?PageID=9140
What are you doing this month to promote health literacy with your learners and the health care providers in your area?

October is Health Literacy Month

Check out this website for daily health literacy stories. You can also access health literacy resources and listen to health literacy podcasts.

http://www.healthliteracymonth.org/hl_month.asp

Health Literacy Module

Check out this health literacy module from Fairfax County, Virginia Adult and Community Education!

http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/publications/ELCivics/health/index.htm

It has units on preventive care, a healthy community, understanding health insurance (I need to study that one!), communicating with health care professionals, and more. It is a great resource for a health literacy curriculum; it is designed for EL Civics but could easily be adapted for any of your adult learners.

Once you have tried this site please share your comments on the successes and challenges that you had.