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	<description>Reflections on the importance of health literacy awareness and how it impacts nearly 50% of the US population. This blog is maintained by Angela Arner, BA and CHIS awarded by the Medical Library Association. Please send items of interest to Angela.Arner@methodistcollege.edu.</description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the Unites States, it is a blessing to realize the journey to today in health literacy awareness.   We have much to be thankful for at this time in our history.     Happy Thanksgiving!

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		<title>History of Health Literacy &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We continue our exploration from Wednesday, November 18th with the follow.
An overview/health literacy history article: “Health Literacy: A Review” by Andrus and Roth was published in the Journal of Pharmacotherapy, Volume 22, Number 3, 2002.    It provides a comprehensive history of health literacy up to the year 2002.

Rima Rudd, also a well-known advocate for health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aa47.wordpress.com&blog=7992978&post=544&subd=aa47&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Documents That Have Been Influential in Driving Health Literacy Initiatives &#8212; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (AHRQ is an agency within HHS) has generated many documents addressing health literacy initiatives.
1) The Healthy People 2010 health literacy objectives released in Jan. 2000 were/are crucial. They have been the foundation for everything we&#8217;ve done in health literacy at HHS. www.healthypeople.gov, see Focus Area 11. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aa47.wordpress.com&blog=7992978&post=527&subd=aa47&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://aa47.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/documents-that-have-been-influential-in-driving-health-literacy-initiatives-part-2/</link>
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		<title>History of Health Literacy &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been passionate about Health Literacy most of this decade.    One of the areas I have been exploring are the roots of HL.     I was going back through some April, 2009 posts on the Health Literacy Listserv and found several contributions on the topic of the history of Health Literacy.    It is always good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aa47.wordpress.com&blog=7992978&post=541&subd=aa47&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://aa47.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/history-of-health-literacy-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Policy Statements, Reports, and Projects etc That Have Been Influential in Driving Health Literacy Initiatives at State, National and International Level &#8212; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In September the Health Literacy Listserv posted a series of pieces on the topic &#8220;project to identify documents &#8211; policy statements, reports, and projects etc that have been influential in driving health literacy initiatives at state, national and international level&#8221;.    There were numerous postings with very interesting facts about the topic.    the contributions provided by other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aa47.wordpress.com&blog=7992978&post=513&subd=aa47&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://aa47.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/policy-statements-reports-and-projects-etc-that-have-been-influential-in-driving-health-literacy-initiatives-at-state-national-and-international-level-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Health Information in Karen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Thanks to a grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine to a collaborative team from New York (Edward G. Miner Library, University of Rochester and Rochester Committee on Refugee Resettlement), Healthy Roads Media has been able to partner to create a number of new materials in Karen (http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/karen/index.htm).  Karen is the language spoken [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aa47.wordpress.com&blog=7992978&post=521&subd=aa47&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://aa47.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/health-information-in-karen/</link>
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		<title>Have a Great Weekend!</title>
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鳳鷗濺花
Originally uploaded by John&#38;Fish

We hope you can &#8220;catch&#8221; some fun this weekend.    Enjoy!
posted with permission  from John&#38;Fish
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		<title>繡眼蕨球  Happy Weekend!</title>
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繡眼蕨球
Originally uploaded by John&#38;Fish

Here&#8217;s to a beautiful Autumn weekend!
posted with permission
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		<title>Healthy People 2020 Public Comment Site Up and Working</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/comments
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services invites you to comment on the DRAFT set of objectives for Healthy People 2020. For three decades, Healthy People has provided a set of national 10-year health promotion and disease prevention objectives aimed at improving the health of all Americans. [Healthy People Listserv http://www.healthypeople.gov/Contact/ ]
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		<link>http://aa47.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/healthy-people-2020-public-comment-site-up-and-working/</link>
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		<title>Photo Database Free to Nonprofits for Educational Use</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phtographs and illunstrations are very important in understanding information. &#8220;K4Health Photoshare http://www.photoshare.org/ is a leading editorial photography collection showcasing international health programs in action and the people they serve. Developed exclusively for nonprofit educational use, Photoshare’s collection of over 17,000 images are available upon request and free-of-charge.&#8220;
&#8230;as seen on BHIC blog today.



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