HEALTH

Problem: Easy-to-read health information

       "My students want to find answers to their questions about health and illness: cancer, asthma, nutrition and
       diet, and stress.  Where can I find low-level literacy materials in English?"

Solutions:   Web pages

The Health Center on E-square
E-square is an "electronic town square" for adult learners
http://www.alri.org/esquare/health/health.htm

Health Information Resources for Adult Literacy Students and Teachers
http://www2.wgbh.org/mbcweis/resources.html#health

Eastern LINCS Special Collection: Health and Literacy
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/

Health and Literacy Compendium
There are several Web sites and an online compendium of health and literacy materials which has links to online and hard copy materials in the EasternLINCS special collection
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/comp/index.html

Canadian Health Network
http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/customtools/homee.html


Health Internet Lesson Plans
There are four health lesson plans on the Arizona Association of  Learning Web Pages: tobacco, Diabetes, nutrition and blood pressure.
http://www.az-aall.org/AALL/Pages/AALLInternetLessonLinks.htm

The El Paso Collaborative Health Literacy Curriculum
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/elpaso/