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Annotation: This packet includes a brochure and informational videotape describing the Bowdoin Method of Parent Education, an education program for high-risk children. The Bowdoin Method contains three separate curricula that teach parents of children from birth through age 13 the attitudes and skills they need to prepare their children for school and life. The materials are geared toward parents with low literacy levels. Descriptions of packages of materials available for purchase, as well as order forms, are included. The packages include parenting books, games, teachers' manuals, parent prizes, posters, pre- and posttest, and videotapes. The materials are available in English and Spanish.

Keywords: Academic achievement, Audiovisual materials, Children, High risk children, Infants, Life skills, Low literacy materials, Parent education programs, Parenting skills, Parents, School readiness, Spanish language materials

Annotation: This book presents the Voices Reading program, which combines systematic, comprehensive literacy instruction with character development. The program uses multicultural trade books as its basis and leveled books to match individual needs. The program addresses six themes: identity awareness, perspective taking, conflict resolution, social awareness, love and friendship, and freedom and democracy. In addition to explaining these themes, the book presents program components and a literacy overview, addresses the achievement gap, and discusses research and methods and scope and sequence.

Contact: Zaner-Bloser, 1201 Dublin Road, Columbus, OH 43215-3018, Telephone: (800) 421-3018 Secondary Telephone: (614) 486-0221 Web Site: http://zaner-bloser.com

Keywords: Character, Child development, Cultural competence, Educational attainment, Literacy education, Programs, Reading, Research

Annotation: This lunch box provides parents with information about oral health and healthy eating choices and practices. The lunch box is illustrated with drawings that promote good oral health and good nutrition and contains a “Dental Care in a Carrot” case made to include a toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, and a rinse cup. Ordering information; downloadable files, including a description of the program, a 5-day lesson guide for teachers, and an outline of the lessons; a video about the program; and other supplemental materials are available on the website. The lunch box is also available in Braille.

Contact: Children's Oral Health Institute, 9199 Reisterstown Road, Suige 203A, Owings Mills, MD 21117, Telephone: (866) 508-7400 Fax: (410) 356-8574 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mycohi.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Curricula, Educational materials, Health literacy, Oral health, Prevention, School health programs

Annotation: This framework describes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) plan to incorporate health equity and efforts to address health disparities as a foundational element across all its work. It discusses five priority areas: (1) expand the collection, reporting, and analysis of standardized data; (2) assess causes of disparities within CMS programs and address inequalities in policies and operations; (3) build capacity of health care organizations and the workforce to reduce health and health care disparities; (4) advance language access, health literacy, and the provision of culturally tailored services; and (5) increase access to health care and coverage.

Contact: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Telephone: (800) 633-4227 Secondary Telephone: (877) 267-2323 Fax: Web Site: https://www.cms.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Federal programs, Health equity, Health literacy, Policy, Statistical data

Annotation: This guide for primary care health professionals provides four strategies they can adopt to improve patient safety, as well as materials to support adoption. Topics include supporting adoption of teach-back, a technique to ensure health care professionals that they have explained medical information clearly so that patients and their families understand what is communicated to them; helping patients and their families prepare for and become more fully engaged in their medical appointments; engaging with patients and caregivers to create a complete and accurate medical list for addressing medication reconciliation and management issues; and the warm handoff, a transfer of care from one clinician to another, where the handoff occurs in front of the patient and family. Contents include implementation guides, interactive learning modules, posters and handouts, fact sheets, sample processes and procedures, staff checklists, and videos.

Contact: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 427-1364 Web Site: http://www.ahrq.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Consumer education materials, Family centered care, Health literacy, Participation, Patient care, Physician patient relations, Prevention programs, Primary care, Program improvement, Quality assurance, Resources for professionals, Role, Safety programs

Annotation: This document summarizes presentations and discussions of a public workshop on health literacy, new technology, and health. Topics include health literacy and the use of technology to inform health decision making, sharing health information via technology, or examples of health literacy best practices as they apply to the use of technology for health decisions.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-37690-7.

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Keywords: Decision making, Health literacy, Information dissemination, Model programs, Technology

Annotation: This report identifies the unique needs of immigrant parents across the range of expectations for parent skill, engagement, and leadership sought by early childhood education and care programs, as well as strategies for addressing these needs. Contents include selected demographics of children of immigrants and their parents, factors jeopardizing meaningful engagement, the importance of parent engagement specific to children of immigrants, federal programming, family literacy and dual-generation strategies, and adult education. Research findings and recommendations are also presented.

Contact: Migration Policy Institute, 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 266-1940 Fax: (202) 266-1900 E-mail: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/contact/index.php Web Site: http://www.migrationpolicy.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adult education, Child care, Early childhood education, Federal programs, Immigrants, Intergenerational programs, Language barriers, Limited English speakers, Literacy education, Low literacy, Parent professional relations, Parent support services, Parents, Research, Young children

Annotation: This report summarizes presentations and follow-up discussions from a workshop held on March 29, 2012, in Washington, DC, to explore the field of oral health literacy. Topics include the importance of health literacy; the role of health literacy in addressing oral health problems; how oral health literacy can be assessed; and experiences of effective oral-health-literacy programs, state-based initiatives, and national literacy activities.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-26289-7.

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Keywords: Assessment, Barriers, Disease prevention, Health care systems, Health literacy, National initiatives, Oral health, State programs

Annotation: This book provides presentations and discussions from a workshop on international health literacy efforts. Presentation topics include international health literacy efforts; different health literacy perspectives; public-private partnerships for health literacy; national policies and programs promoting health literacy; local health literacy innovations; and future directions, including conceptualizing health literacy, research and measures, and improving health literacy programs and policies.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-28484-4.

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Keywords: Conference proceedings, Health literacy, International health, Local programs, Programs, Public policy, Research

Annotation: This final report describes a 2007-2012 project between Community Pediatrics at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH), in partnership with the Community Health Worker Institute (CHWI) at Alianza Dominicana, for low-income families with children in Northern Manhattan. The Health Education and Adult Literacy (HEAL) Program seeks to decrease medication errors and increase compliance with treatment given by pediatricians by improving health literacy in the population served. We developed, implemented, and evaluated a culturally and linguistically appropriate curriculum targeted to community health workers and pediatric providers. Increased parent, physician, and community knowledge of disease and medication management was assessed through “pre” and “post” knowledge surveys. Feedback logs of interactions with patients and clients served, measured the impact of the program developed. Report sections include goals and objectives, methodology, evaluation, results/outcomes, a list of publications/products created during the project, a summary of the dissemination or utilization of results, and an outline of future plans/sustainability of the project. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child health, Community programs, Families, Final reports, Health literacy, Health services delivery, Low income groups, New York

Annotation: This site hosts an archived webinar from May 25, 2011, that explores how health plans and health plan foundations can support health equity for adolescents through provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Topics include coordinated federal government efforts aimed at eliminating barriers to health care access and health insurance coverage, health disparities, health literacy, the "Teen 2xtreme" social media program, and a case study of social determinants of health in communities throughout Minnesota. The site contains the webinar archive, the agenda, speaker biographies, presentations, and additional resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, 1225 19th Street, N.W., Suite 710, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 296-4426 Fax: (202) 296-4319 E-mail: http://www.nihcm.org/contact Web Site: http://www.nihcm.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent health services, Adolescents, Case studies, Federal programs, Health care disparities, Health insurance, Health literacy, Minnesota

Annotation: This fact sheet presents findings from experimental evaluations of fifteen programs and intervention strategies that focused on improving early language and literacy skills. The programs and interventions selected, which were drawn from the Child Trends' database of studies called LINKS (Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully), focus on strategies to directly improve specific aspects of young children’s language or literacy skills (for example, vocabulary development, print knowledge, and listening skills). A table summarizes the experimental evaluations of the fifteen selected interventions, noting whether they were found to work, not work, or received mixed reviews. Glossaries of terminology and programs reviewed are also provided.

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Early intervention programs, Language development, Literacy, Models, Program evaluation, Youth

Annotation: This report summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the Roundtable on Health Literacy workshop hosted by the Institute of Medicine in September 2009 to explore approaches to integrate health literacy into primary and secondary prevention. The report describes the inclusion of health literacy into public health prevention programs at the national, state, and local levels; reviews how insurance companies factor health literacy into their prevention programs; and discusses industry contributions to providing health literate primary and secondary prevention.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 978-0-309-21577-0.

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Keywords: Conference proceedings, Health literacy, Prevention programs, Public health, Service integration

Annotation: This report summarizes proceedings of a symposium held on July 22–23, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois, to identify promising practices for community oral health programs. Contents include an overview of the Give Kids a Smile (GKAS) Oral Health Awareness and Education Literacy Program, a statistical analysis and overview of the 2010 GKAS Day data, and an overview of the 2010 GKAS grant recipients. Additional topics include the following: care continuity, the GKAS database, dental students as strategic partners, providing access to free health care and case management to children who are uninsured, creating and sustaining a safety net for school-age children, Medicaid, continuing education, volunteers, and increasing access to oral health care for vulnerable populations through community health workers.

Contact: American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-2678, Telephone: (312) 440-2500 Fax: (312) 440-7494 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ada.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children, Community programs, Conference proceedings, Health literacy, Model programs, Oral health, Public awareness campaigns

Annotation: This guide provides fire-prevention educators with information to help them make good decisions about creating and evaluating educational materials. The guide first briefly explains how children develop cognitively and socially. It then provides strategies to create effective fire-prevention educational materials and messages for children and families. Ideas are included for pre-testing materials, addressing the needs of low-literacy audiences, and involving parents. Tips on what to look for in educational materials and messages are also offered. Finally, the guide briefly describes steps in putting together a comprehensive plan than will maximize the effectiveness of educational communication programs.

Contact: Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, Hampton House, Room 554, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, Telephone: (410) 955-2221 Fax: (410) 614-2797 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/johns-hopkins-center-for-injury-research-and-policy/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child development, Children, Community programs, Educational materials, Educational programs, Families, Fire prevention, Low literacy materials, Parents, Safety

Annotation: This report discusses six programs being considered by the 108th Congress for reauthorization, using a lens of policies to assist disconnected youth. The programs discussed include (1) adult education and literacy programs of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act in Title II of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), (2) financial aid programs addressing cultural and academic barriers to access to higher education under the Higher Education Act, (3) special education and related services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), (4) services and programs for homeless and runaway youth funded by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA), (5) services and cash assistance provided to youth under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, and (6) youth services and activities funded under the WIA. The report concludes with endnotes.

Contact: Center for Law and Social Policy, 1200 18th Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 906-8000 Fax: (202) 842-2885 E-mail: http://www.clasp.org/about/contact Web Site: http://www.clasp.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Adult education, Cultural barriers, Disabilities, Federal programs, Homeless persons, Literacy programs, Public policy, Runaways, Special education, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Young adults

Annotation: This monograph reports the results of the Council of State Governments' National Survey on Health Literacy and supports and expands on these results using data from academic research and private-sector initiatives. The monograph aims to increase readers' understanding of the problem of low health literacy, what can be done to improve health literacy, and how to make the current system more accessible to those with low health literacy. Topics include (1) what do you need to know about health literacy?, (2) who can make a difference?, (3) what are states doing?, and (4) what do you need to consider when addressing low health literacy? Statistical information is presented in figures and tables throughout the monograph. Six appendices include sample language, the methodology, state profiles, FAQs, a glossary, and additional resources and references.

Contact: Council of State Governments, 2760 Research Park Drive, P. O. Box 11910, Lexington, KY 40578-1910, Telephone: (859) 244-8000 Secondary Telephone: (800) 800-1910 Fax: (859) 244-8001 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.csg.org Available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-87292-899-3.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Health Literacy, Low literacy, National surveys, Research, State programs

Annotation: This manual describes how some schools and their communities have overcome key barriers to strong partnerships for school improvement. Barriers discussed include finding time, increasing the information about other partners, bridging school family differences, improving schools, and tapping external supports to strengthen school-family partnerships. The manual is designed for school administrators, teachers, policymakers, and parents to help families become more active participants in their children's education.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov Available at no charge. Document Number: ISBN 0-16-049254-8.

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Keywords: Barriers, Community role, Education, Educational attainment, Family school relations, Family support services, Literacy, Local initiatives, Model programs, Outreach, Parent participation, Safety, Teachers, Training, Volunteers

Annotation: This comprehensive manual is a practical reference designed to enhance nutrition services in migrant health centers. The manual has specific sections for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nutritionists, and paraprofessionals such as outreach workers and health aides. The major topics are: evaluating nutrition status; eating for health; addressing special concerns; and maximizing food resources. Special focus topics are food and drug interactions, developmental disabilities, and nutrition folk medicine. The appendices include growth charts, nutrition screening forms, and case studies. A packet of handout material in both English and Spanish is included for easy reproduction. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Community health services, Developmental disabilities, Educational materials, Low literacy materials, Migrants, Nutrition, Nutrition assessment, Nutrition consultation, SPRANS, Spanish language materials, Supplemental food programs