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The Heal Program: Literacy for Life – VALRC

WEBThis website presents the health literacy program model used by Literacy for Life, a community-based literacy organization in Williamsburg, Virginia. This program is a …

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Exploring the Ties Between Health and Literacy: Using Cancer as a

WEBWhat happens when breast and cervical cancer issues provide the content around which reading, writing, speaking, and math skills are learned and practiced? What happens …

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Teaching Skills that Matter through Health-related Project-based

WEB“Doing the project made me feel like I could do hard things in English.” “I am more confident.” “I learned from my classmates, not only the teacher.” “I had to communicate …

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Lifelong Learning: A Key to Creating Healthier Communities

WEBby Aaron Boush. M ost of us have a pretty good idea of what good health looks like—and what it doesn’t. But the picture of health is made up of more than just what you eat, how …

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LINCS Research-Based Health Literacy Materials and Instruction …

WEBThese health literacy materials meet both the need of adults to enhance their literacy skills as well as their need to navigate the health care system and begin to achieve better …

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VALRC Health Literacy Toolkit – VALRC

WEBThis resource was created by a hospital social worker and English as a Second Language (ESOL) educator and offers explanations, tips, materials, and links to …

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Tools for Keeping Virginia’s Immigrants Visible in Adult Education

WEBImmigrants represent 22.8% of the STEM workforce, 31% of physicians, 14% of nurses and 18.7% of health aides in Virginia (Migration Policy Institute, 2022b). …

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Staying Healthy for Beginners: An English Learner’s Guide to …

WEBStaying Healthy for Beginners: An English Learner’s Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living. This book from the Florida Literacy Coalition is written for adult learners with …

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The Heal Program: Addressing Health Literacy Through Classes for …

WEBLiteracy for Life, a literacy organization serving adults in Greater Williamsburg, designed the HEAL Program ® to address this issue of low health literacy. HEAL classes provide …

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Your Healthiest Self: Wellness Toolkits National Institutes of Health

WEBThis website provides tips and guidance on health care that can be used to integrate health literacy into the classroom.

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Staying Healthy: An English Learner’s Guide to Health Care

WEBStaying Healthy: An English Learner’s Guide to Health Care and Healthy Living. This book from the Florida Literacy Coalition is written for adult learners who are developing their …

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Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA): Health Literacy

WEBThis website provides free videos to watch and resources to print. These tools help people access healthcare services by learning to navigate the healthcare system better, …

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REEP ESL Curriculum for Adults – VALRC

WEBThis curriculum provides instructional direction for adult ESOL programs and includes planning, assessment, and classroom content resources which focus on life …

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Resources – VALRC

WEBThe resources connect instructors to the field of adult education and provide information on quality instruction for the adult education context. It includes featured …

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Reading Skills for Health Care Workers – VALRC

WEBUsing health care topics and designed to aid in building readers’ fluency and comprehension skills, this site provides leveled reading selections and research to help …

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Hospital English – VALRC

WEBThis website contains free teaching materials for medical English vocabulary, English conversations in the hospital, and lesson plans based around …

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Eating Healthy on a Budget: A Project-based Learning Approach

WEBP. roject-based learning (PBL) has proven to be an effective method for developing soft skills and preparing adult learners for postsecondary and career …

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Re-inventing Health Literacy – VALRC

WEB“Health Literacy is a crucial need for adult ESOL learners-during the COVID-19 pandemic, now more than ever.” by Phil Cackley. W hen teachers at the Arlington Education and …

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Gaining Health Literacy Through Adult Education – VALRC

WEB“Working with students in adult education classes represents an important opportunity to reach out directly to people who face health disparities. Helping students to develop …

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