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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Happy Valentine’s Day!
from Wikipedia the Encyclopedia… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Valentine%27s_Day “Valentine’s Day or Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the English-speaking countries, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for … Continue reading
Re-format Web Pages for Easy Reading
Readability has been the topic of major discussion, several times, on the Health Literacy listserv. I recently saw this posting on the MCMLA listserv so I thought I would test it as readability is sometimes a challenge for me as … Continue reading
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Tagged bookmarklet, news articles, readability, reading, web site
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Health is Focus of March, 2010 Issue of ABLE Journal
[HealthLiteracy 4083] listserv posting for 2/12/10 The March issue of the Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal focuses on health and health literacy. The issue will be mailed March 1. If you would like to subscribe (3 issues per year) … Continue reading
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Tagged ABLE, Adult Basic Education, ProLiteracy.org
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EthnoMed Announces a Redesigned Web Site
The EthnoMed team has unveiled its redesigned website, EthnoMed: http://ethnomed.org/. This information, from the site describes their focus. “EthnoMed contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and related topics pertinent to the health care of immigrants to Seattle or the US, … Continue reading
Refinements Coming Soon To PubMed and My NCI
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced some refinements to the recently redesigned PubMed interface. The changes, which will appear in early February, include: a streamlined Advanced search page a link to Clipboard from the homepage (when items are … Continue reading
Joint Commission, HHS Team Up in Language Access Education Effort
…from BHIC posting dated November 13, 2009 New video urges health care organizations to break language access barriers Amid growing concerns about racial, ethnic and language disparities in health care, The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, HHS, JCAHO, Patient-provider, Video
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Free E-book: The Infectious Diseases of Haiti
Another resource has been added to those available to health care professions concerned with the people of Haiti. The following message comes from EBSCO, a database vendor. “We hope you find the following information of value. Due to the humanitarian … Continue reading
The Pfizer Health Literacy in Advancing Patient Safety Award
The Pfizer Health Literacy in Advancing Patient Safety Award, to be awarded at the National Patient Safety Foundation Annual Patient Safety Congress, will recognize an individual, group or organization which has made significant strides in improving the health literacy of … Continue reading
The Nation’s Health
Award-Winning Public Health Newspaper Launches New Web Site http://www.apha.org/about/news/pressreleases/2010/NatsHlthSite.htm The American Public Health Association (APHA) has launched a new website for the public health newspaper, The Nation’s Health.
NIH Requests For Input On Priority Areas
The NIH has a Feb. 19 deadline for replies to a request for suggested priority areas in the social sciences and behavioral research. Given that the current NIH funding stream for health literacy has concluded on Jan. 26, I would … Continue reading
