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Florida Health Literacy Initiative |
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Health Literacy Request for Proposals: |
Application deadline: March 8, 2012 A conference call will be conducted for prospective applicants on February 6, 2012 from 10:30am to 11:30am to provide an overview of the grant application and answer any questions. Participation is optional. Dial-in Number: 1-800-930-8721 If you have any questions, please contact Maribeth Buie: buiem@floridaliteracy.org |
Florida Literacy Coalition (FLC) is proud to partner with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) to make available targeted grants to promote health literacy. The goal is to provide health-education resources for local adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and family literacy programs so that students in these programs can make informed choices about their health and nutrition.
All adults need an adequate level of health literacy to establish good communication between patient and health care providers. According to the U.S. Department of Education, almost 50 percent of adults who don’t finish high school lack basic health literacy. These people are also more likely to suffer from chronic conditions and be unaware of how to manage their disease(s).
For more information of the Florida Health Literacy Initiative, click here.
Florida Health Literacy Initiative Video |
NEW Health Literacy Curricula |
FLC Releases New Women’s Health and Coping with Stress Curricula, July 2010 Through the generous support of the Florida Department of Education, the Florida Literacy Coalition is pleased to make available two new health literacy student resource books, each with a corresponding teacher’s guide. These publications compliment FLC’s Staying Healthy curriculum by focusing on two issue areas identified by teachers and students as topics of interest. |
Coping with Stress |
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Women's Health |
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Staying Healthy; An English Learners Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living |
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Order Staying Healthy: |
Other Programs: The Staying Healthy student resource book and several other related publications are available to schools and non-profit organizations to purchase. Click here to view the order form. |
What Teachers Are Saying About Staying Healthy Curriculum and Materials: |
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These publications were made possible through the generous support of the Florida Department of Education, Division of Career and Adult Education.
Special thanks to Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, Martha A. Lane, Julie McKinney and Jordana Frost for their tremendous efforts in developing these materials. Staying Healthy student resource book and teacher’s guide may be freely downloaded and duplicated for non-commercial purposes.
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The Florida Literacy Coalition thanks the Florida Department of Education, Division of Career and Adult Education for making this site possible. |
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While Staying Healthy is freely available to download, many programs like to provide students with their own high quality print copies. Get your glossy, bound, full color books today!