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lkafle — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:49:01 +0000

great article on healthcare

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Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:39:27 +0000

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Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:02:31 +0000

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Comment on Baby Basics and the What to Expect Foundation by Julie McKinney

Julie McKinney — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:09:05 +0000

Lisa, this is very cool how you have added this group element to all the other pieces of this program. Can you tell us more specifically what you have learned about “…how to bring health literacy and the group dynamic into “teachable healthcare moments.”?

Thank you!
Julie

Comment on Shared Appointments in Action: Canyon Ranch Institute by gerilynnb

gerilynnb — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:46:05 +0000

Posting a reply on behalf of Ariela Freedman. -geri

Hi everyone,

I’ve been finding this discussion interesting. My dissertation focused on adult education as a vehicle for communicating health information
– essentially: how does the adult education setting work to teach low literate adults functional health literacy skills and motivate them to use these new skills?

One of these papers recently came out and focused in part on the value of learning together and sharing information with each other. This is one aspect of collective efficacy because it was very motivating to the students (which fits with adult learning theory — bringing in the expertise and previous experiences of the students). One important aspect of this process was that students were sometimes better at explaining information to each other than the teacher was — students who “got it” were able to translate it into something meaningful for others. For the explainers, this was very empowering and motivating.

What was interesting was that teachers were often learners themselves, as they were not experts in some of the health content. (Susan Bockrath found something similar and just presented a poster on this at APHA). I’m not sure that the students cared as much about the teacher’s growth as they did about each other’s though.

Here’s the citation and link to the abstract:

Freedman AM, Miner KR, Echt KV, Parker R, Cooper HL.
Amplifying diffusion of health information in low-literate populations through adult education health literacy classes.(2011) J Health Commun. 16 Suppl 3:119-33.

Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21951247

If you’d like more information on the paper, please feel free to email me.

Ariela
arielafreedman@gmail.com