Hello All,

This is Julie, your list moderator. There are two things I'd like to
put out for you all today.

First, I want to welcome the new subscribers to the list! We are happy
to have you join our discussion, and I invite all of you to write in to
the list and introduce yourselves. I would love to know what you do, and
what you hope to get out of this discussion list. It's always nice to
know who is in our community and what we can do to support each other.

And while we are at it, I would like to ask all subscribers (new and
old) for your two cents on what you see as the purpose of this list for
each of you. Since I am new at moderating this list, this would help me
to faciltate discussion and it could help all of us to  find the
information and support we need.

Below is the official description of the lists's purpose:

The purpose of the Health and Literacy discussion list is to provide an
on-going professional development forum where literacy practitioners,
healthcare providers, health educators, researchers, policy makers, and
others can discuss literacy issues in health education programs and in
health care settings; health education efforts being undertaken within
literacy programs; literacy screening measures being piloted in health
care settings and the readability of health materials. The list is
moderated by Julie McKinney, with World Education, Inc.

We encourage discussion list participants to focus your contributions
to the Health Literacy list. Your comments, suggestions, references, and
ideas posted to the discussion lists continue serve as resources for
enhancing the field's capacity and knowledge base.  We encourage open
discourse and an exchange of information, ideas, and practices among all
list subscribers.  As in the past, differences in perspectives and ideas
are welcome, especially when they are voiced in the spirit of inquiry,
curiosity, and mutual respect.  

Thank you all for your input, and please feel free to contact me with
any questions.

Julie

Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education, Inc.
julie_mckinney at worlded.org