Health And Literacy Compendium

This Compendium was written with two main goals in mind: to help literacy teachers and students find and use health information and to share literacy information and easy-to-read health materials with health professionals, community educators, and patients. The Health and Literacy Compendium includes over 80 citations to print and Web materials available in North America that cover: * The links between health status and literacy status * How to assess and develop easy-to-read health education materials * How to teach health with literacy in mind, and how to teach literacy using health content * Background information about the literacy field and "participatory" education methodologies * Curricula and materials on a variety of health topics for adults with limited literacy skills * Bibliographies and databases of easy-to-read or multilingual health information and brochures * Bibliographies and databases of materials, including journal articles, about the connections between health and literacy.

The book summarises research findings from a range of projects using a set of auditory and speech procedures designed for the psycholinguistic framework developed by Stackhouse and Wells (1997). These procedures have been used with children and adolescents with a range of difficulties associated with cleft lip and palate, dysarthria, dyspraxia, phonological impairment, Down syndrome, dyslexia, stammering, autism, semantic-pragmatic difficulties, general learning difficulties, and disadvantaged backgrounds. The procedures have also been used with normally developing children in the age range of 3-7 years. As a result, the book includes descriptions of typical performance on the procedures so that atypical can be identified more easily. In addition, as the materials were used in a longitudinal study of children’s speech and literacy development between the age of 4 and 7 years we can highlight which procedures will help in identifying children a) who are likely to persist with their speech difficulties and b) have associated literacy difficulties.

Early childhood caries is of significant importance to the growth and development of preschool children. Multiple studies have highlighted how the lesion, if left untreated, results in retarded growth of the child. There are multiple studies on caries in general and less of such publications on early childhood caries in comparison. Yet, the impact of early childhood caries on the life and course of child development is significant. This piece of work pooled together publications on early childhood caries around the world. It highlighted the profile, pattern and risk factors for early childhood caries for 40 countries and pulled together information on 85 of the 193 United Nations countries where there are publications on the lesion. The authors were able to draw a global map of the disease profile and develop recommendations on important next steps for the global management of this lesion. Though the first and last chapters in the book summarise the global profile of early childhood caries, the book highlights country-specific peculiarities in the risk factors and early childhood caries prevention programmes. The authors did assume the story of early childhood caries is the same across the globe. This book was developed with the guiding principle that each country needs to understand the pattern of their early childhood caries epidemic so that they can develop appropriate programmes to address the countrys needs.

The ultimate resource in providing patient-centered care! This book aids physicians in examining each patient's cultural background so that appropriate, respectful, patient-centered care is always provided. It consists of an annotated list of resources such as policies, publications, and web sites regarding health care and communication issues confronting people from underrepresented and underserved racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups and those with physical or mental illnesses or disabilities.

Health Literacy From A To Z: Practical Ways To Communicate Your Health Message Is An Easy To Use Handbook Designed For The Busy Health Professional. Filled With Ideas And Strategies That Can Be Used In Everyday Practice, Health Literacy From A To Z Is A First-Of-Its-Kind Resource. Learn The Key Principles And Strategies Of Effective Health Communication Presented In A Simple, Informal Manner By One Of The Nation'S Leading Experts In Health Literacy.

Taking a medieval approach in content as well as in form - a compilation of lists - this voluem creates a foundation for the study of the medieval mindset by establishing the terms and concepts of that scholars would have had in common at the time: an invaluable lingua franca.