I realize I have shared this before, but in San Diego we have formed a formal partnership between the San DIego Council on Literacy and CHIP. We will be rolling out our official plan and final implementation report in early 2008. Our plans include cross training by both literacy and health professionals. More to come, including a website and currciculum development for adult literacy practitioners. Please dont hesitate to contact me with any questions.

Kelli Sandman-Hurley
Health Literacy Consultant
San Diego Council on LIteracy


---- Alisha_F_Ellwood at bluecrossmn.com wrote: 

> In Minnesota, we too are working to collaborate with adult literacy 

> programs.  In 2006 we formed the Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership as 

> a program of the Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC).  We strongly believe 

> that understanding the key aspects of adult education will enhance the 

> work we do to promote health literacy and educate health care consumers 

> about their health. 

> 

> To learn more about the Partnership you can visit our website 

> http://healthlit.themlc.org.  You may also visit MLC's website 

> www.themlc.org to learn more about their work in Minnesota.

> 

> Alisha Ellwood, MA, LAMFT

> Minnesota Health Literacy Partnership chair

> Project Manager, Health Care Improvement Department

> Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

> Phone:  651-662-0986

> Fax: 651-662-0718

> E-mail: alisha_ellwood at bluecrossmn.com

> Health Care Improvement makes a healthy difference in people's lives 

> through improving processes and outcomes and by enhancing relationships.

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> "Brach, Cindy (AHRQ)" <Cindy.Brach at ahrq.hhs.gov> 

> Sent by: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov

> 12/11/2007 01:28 PM

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> [HealthLiteracy 1578] Ideas for collaboration between adult literacy and 

> health communities

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> Last week I attended the National Coalition for Literacy's policy forum, 

> "Health Literacy: Dual Problem, Dual Solution."  Unfortunately, I had to 

> leave before the breakout groups that brainstormed ideas for collaboration 

> between the adult literacy and health communities met. I thought I would 

> use this listserv to profile a couple of examples of successful 

> collaboration.

> In Iowa there is a four-year collaboration between the Iowa Health System 

> and the New Readers of Iowa. I had the privilege to attend their joint 

> conference last spring (

> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/The_Iowa_New_Readers_of_Iowa_Coalition_Conference:_Building_Health_Literacy_Leaders

> ). New Readers shared experiences about what it was like for them when 

> they accessed the health system. New Readers also reported the ease of 

> way-finding when they conducted a facility walk-through. Health 

> professionals participating in a Health Literacy Collaborative described 

> getting input from New Readers when simplifying their informed consent 

> forms. Pharmacy students conducted brown bag medication reviews for New 

> Readers. Health Professionals practiced health communication skills with 

> New Readers in role playing exercises (e.g., giving patient discharge 

> instructions). Mary Ann Abrams (Iowa Health System) and Archie Willard 

> (New Readers of Iowa) deserve a huge amount of credit for their joint 

> undertakings. 

> In New York City community-based literacy programs and health providers 

> have created health literacy partnerships. Elyse Barbell Rudolph, of NY's 

> Literacy Assistance Center, is one of the powerful forces behind this 

> collaboration. The literacy programs implemented Rima Rudd's Health 

> Literacy Study Circles (www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy/curricula.html

> ), resulting in 20% of class time being devoted to health literacy topics. 

> Health educators and administrators visited classes, and hosted field 

> trips to facilities. Health providers also educated their staff about 

> health literacy. A speaker at the NCL policy forum (was it Dr. Lynn 

> Nielsen??) mentioned research indicating that adult learners who study 

> health topics learn faster than those studying other topics.

> I hope those working on the local level will take inspiration from these 

> examples and share some of their own. 

> Cindy Brach 

> Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets 

> Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

> 540 Gaither Road 

> Rockville, MD  20850 

> phone: 301-427-1444 

> fax: (301) 427-1430 

> Cindy.Brach at ahrq.hhs.gov 

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