tailieunhanh - Family Health and Literacy - A Guide to Easy-to-Read Health Education Materials and Web Sites for Families

As the proportion of both minority populations and people aged 60 and older increases in the United States, and the obesity epidemic continues, people with diabetes are becoming a larger part of the practices of family physicians and other primary care clinicians. Health care professionals involved in new or expanding diabetes care practices can use these guiding principles to ensure that they provide essential components of comprehensive diabetes care. In addition, health care payers, managed care organizations, and large employers can use this information to establish diabetes care principles and to assure quality diabetes care and treatment options in health. | Family Health and Literacy A Guide to Easy-to-Read Health Education Materials and Web Sites for Families Julie McKinney Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi Developed by World Education in collaboration with the National Institute for Literacy with a grant from MetLife Foundation Table of Contents What This Guide If About. 1 Acknowledgements. 2 How to Get Started. 5 Why is Health Literacy Important . 5 You Don t Have to be a Health Expert. 7 Introducing Health in the Classroom. 9 Adding an Action-Based Component . 12 How to Engage Students . 13 Using the Internet. 15 Collaborating with Health Organizations . 18 Preparing a Speaker. 20 Local and National Health Organizations to Contact . 24 For Health Educators How to Find Local Family Literacy Programs . 27 Teacher Support Resources . 27 Easy-to-Read Health Teaching Health by Topic. 33 Nutrition . 33 Childhood Health and Diseases . 39 Safety . .