Health and Safety Literacy
Links to Other Web Sites
California Health Literacy Initiative - cahealthliteracy.org/index.html - The Health Literacy Resource Center is a resource for health literacy information and training. It is a one-stop-shop for Web-based health literacy resources. Anyone interested in health related issues will benefit from this site.
Health & Literacy Special Collection - www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/teacher.htm - This site is part of the National Institute for Literacy collection. The goal is to support the integration of health and literacy education in adult basic education programs and health literacy awareness in health care settings. The site also provides direct access to easy-to-read health information, and health resources in languages other than English.
National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. - www.ncfh.org/00_ns_rc_pateduc.php - The National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. provides bilingual patient education materials in English and in Spanish for low literacy readers. Click on Resource center under NETWORK SUPPORT in the left sidebar. Then scroll down and click on Patient Education Materials toward the bottom of the page.
Parenting Resources for the 21st Century - http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps6447/ - Parenting Resources for the 21st Century - Click on Health and Safety for numerous related articles, including Internet Safety and Mental Health.
The Arizona Department of Education Adult Education Services - www.ade.az.gov/adult-ed/hsliteracy.asp - The Arizona Department of Education Adult Education Services - provides lessons on important health and safety topics for use in the classroom and in the home setting by emerging English readers and speakers. Click on Public Information About Adult Education, then click on Publications, then click on Health and Safety Literacy.
The HEAL:BCC - www.worlded.org/us/health/heal/index.htm - Web site is designed to support teachers using the HEAL:BCC Curriculum, and to introduce others to breast and cervical cancer education materials for adults with limited literacy skills. From this Web site you can get many of the HEAL:BCC materials for free.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration - www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/englow.html - U.S. Food and Drug Administration provides easy-to-read publications, available in both English and Spanish, include topics such as Coping with Bladder Problems, Eating for a Healthy Heart, How to Give Medicine with Children and many others.
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