Partners in Training: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Preparing Adult Literacy Practitioners and Health Professionals

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• Personal Author:
  Landry L ; Santos M
• Description:
  "A maturing partnership" was how public health expert Rima Rudd described the relationship between adult educators and health professionals who collaborate to improve health outreach and services to adults with low literacy skills or limited English proficiency, in the 2002 issue of Focus on Basics. Here at San Francisco State University (SFSU), we are working to strengthen our graduate students' abilities to contribute to collaborations between the health and literacy fields and ultimately to improve services in the health and adult education worlds. In this article, we focus on the scope and impact of a new course, Seminar in Immigrant Literacies, which aims to cultivate partnership skills in frontline professionals who work with immigrant communities (e.g., teachers, health care providers, counselors). What knowledge, attitudes, and skills do we- whether we work in literacy or health care-need to be effective partners? Organizing this seminar has moved us closer to being able to articulate answers to this broad question. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Education Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Community Health Health Communications Health Promotion Language Barrier Partnership Public Health
• ISSN:
  0899-188X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21-25
• Volume:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053741
• Citation:
  Focus on Basics 2008 Sep; 9(B):21-25
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Focus on Basics
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216452/cdc_216452_DS1.pdf
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