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National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
is part of the Federal Government’s National Institutes
of Health. This site showcases health information to apply to
lesson plans to promote health literacy.
Health Literacy: A Prescription To End Confusion
2004 Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
This report offers recommendations to health care providers, K-12 administrators, adult education and community organizations to institute programs to help those with low health literacy.
Preventative
Services for Healthy Living
American Academy of Family Physicians
The choices you make about the way you live are important to your
health. Find preventive information for healthy living.
Avoiding
Medication Errors
American Pharmacists Association
Designed to teach health literacy basics, this site includes easy
to use information about being an informed consumer, key questions
to ask doctors and what students can do at home to promote health
literacy.
What
is Health Literacy?
Andres Muro
This overview of health literacy and its place in adult education
includes examples of health literacy needs and ideas for forming
community collaborations with health entities.
Health
Literacy and Adult English Language Learners
Kate Singleton
This Q&A defines health literacy and its importance in the
United States and discusses implications for adult English language
learners, instructors, and programs.
“Anyone
Can Have Diabetes” Brochure
This brochure can be customized to include
local information.
Health
Literacy Curricula
Innovative adult/health education curricula
is included in this Harvard University site as well as links to
other web sites related to health and literacy.
Heart,
Lung and Blood Institute’s Publications
This site is from the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute. It has information about heart, lung, and
blood diseases, asthma, cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking,
losing weight, and exercise. There are many healthy recipes. Most
brochures are easy-to-read, and some are in Spanish.
Your
Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure
"You can do it!" is the message
in this action-packed guide. Follow step-by-step instructions
on how to achieve and maintain a lower blood pressure through
lifestyle and if prescribed, medication.
Culture
Health and Literacy
A guide to health education materials for
adults with limited English literacy skills. Each material listed
has a description of how it can be used.
Buying
Medicine
This lesson allows students to use the
commercial site, drugstore.com, to learn about medicines, while
also working on computer and research skills. It can be adapted
to a variety of levels for ESOL or literacy students.
Planning
a Healthy Menu Using the Food Pyramid
Melissa M. Embacher
A detailed lesson plan for planning a complete and healthy meal.
Child
Safety: A Web-based Instructional Resource
The units include fire safety, poisons,
when you leave home, and emergencies. Each unit has a worksheet
where you can check off the things you need to do. There are pictures,
definitions of vocabulary, and sound to make things easier to
understand.
Web
Projects
This site contains several e-mail and web
projects that allow students from around the world to share information
and explore certain topics. Two projects relate to health. The
Food Project has colorful pictures of fruits and vegetables that
could enhance nutrition lessons for low-level readers.
E-Square
This virtual town square has several store
fronts pictured on the home page leading to information about
a variety of community and family issues. This is easy to use
and the pictures make it student-friendly.
Picture
Stories for Adult ESL Health Literacy
Picture stories are designed to help ESOL
instructors address topics that affect the health and well-being
of their students. Words are kept to a minimum in the stories
to give just enough information to convey an idea without becoming
too distracting for students with very low literacy. |
