Instructional Materials
Various instructional materials related to health literature are available online using the links provided below.
Links
A Comprehensive Health Literacy Tool Kit
A comprehensive Health Literacy Tool Kit—created by the Houston READ Commission—is available on CD-ROM. Several states, including Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and Arizona collaborated to complete the resources in this Tool Kit. The Tool Kit includes activity sheets, readings, a compilation of various other health literacy curricula, easy-to-read brochures in English and Spanish, health literacy facts, and explanations on how to implement health literacy topics in the classroom. To order the Tool kit, write to Richard Millet, Houston READ Commission, 5330 Griggs, Box 75, Houston, TX 77021, call 713-640-8231, or send an e-mail to Rmillet@houread.org
A Project Leader’s Handbook on How to Engage in Student-Driven Projects on Health and Safety
A Project Leader’s Handbook on How to Engage in Student-Driven Projects on Health and Safety is a resource that addresses health literacy. Developed by Rebecca Tamondong, ESL Department, Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education, the handbook gives instructions for developing a student-generated Health and Safety Fair in the local community. To obtain a copy, contact the Santa Ana College, Centennial Education Center, 2900 West Edinger, Santa Ana, California 92704, telephone: 714-241-5742.
Pictograms of Health Topics
The US Pharmacopoeia Web site offers 81 downloadable pictograms for use in teaching health topics.
- Web page address: http://www.usp.org/audiences/consumers/
pictograms/form.html
Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN)
Instructional materials for teaching health literacy are available on the OTAN Web site. To access health literacy information on the OTAN Web site, log onto the Web site and click on the Research and Reference link, then choose the Library link, and then click on the Online Documents and enter the term health literacy in the search box at the top of the page. Among the resources you will find there are the following: Culture, Health, And Literacy: A Guide to Health Education Materials for Adults With Limited English Skills and Integrating Health and Literacy: Adult Educators’ Experiences.
- Web page address:
http://www.otan.us
Project Care
The Project Care Web site is designed for high-intermediate to advanced English language learners who want to learn about caring for others while improving their communication with medical personnel. A collaboration between World Education/US and University of Michigan Press, the Web site provides audio and video for listening practice and vocabulary development, and it contains handouts to project-based activities. The activities on this site will help students learn more about important health issues while practicing English. The site has an accompanying workbook available for purchase.
- Web page address:
http://projectcare.worlded.org
