Health Literacy

Here is a post by Julie McKinney I just saw on LINCS:

Have you tried using the MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorials in your adult ed classes? They are self-paced online tutorials that use pictures and animations to supplement the text, which is read by audio. They are interactive and include quiz question to test knowledge. You can also get a printout of the texts to use offline for previewing vocabulary, reading practice or review.

The topics available include a huge range of health issues and a good selection of tests, surgeries and other procedures. So you can learn about a condition you have, or about a procedure that you are preparing for or deciding about.

You could use these tutorials to teach technical skills, reading comprehension or health literacy, among other things.

LINCS has several discussion groups you can join.

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Sandy Newell