Adult Education and Public Health Partner to Address Health Literacy Needs

Autor/in	Rudd, Rima E.
Titel	Adult Education and Public Health Partner to Address Health Literacy Needs
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 15 (2004) 1-2, S.7-9 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Public Health; Human Services; Adult Literacy; Adult Educators; Health Promotion; Partnerships in Education; Critical Reading; Literacy Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Gesundheitswesen; Humanitäre Hilfe; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Kritisches Lesen
Abstract	The 1993 publication of findings from the first National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) drew the attention of the nation. Among health researchers, the realization that almost half of U.S. adults have difficulty using common texts to complete everyday tasks spurred interest in health-related consequences, and improving health literacy was listed among the objectives of "Healthy People 2010," a Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) document that articulates the health goals and objectives of the nation. A partnership between the health sectors and the adult education sectors is a highlighted goal, and adult educators are called on to augment students' abilities to access and navigate the difficult pathways of health information for themselves, their families and their communities (HHS, 2003). Since the publication of the NALS, many partnership programs have engaged health educators and adult educators in a variety of funded initiatives focused on health information. This article reports on collaborative efforts to focus attention, not on health content, but instead on the critical literacy skills needed for everyday life through the use of health literacy study circles in which adult educators can learn about research findings, analyze issues relevant to their teaching and their students, and develop mechanisms for integrating new ideas and processes into their classrooms. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. 10111 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway Suite 200C, Bowie, MD 20720. Tel: 301-459-6261; Fax: 301-459-6241; e-mail: aaace10@aol.com; Web site: http://www.aaace.org/publications/index.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10