>Hi Phyllis-


I'm sure you've seen Nobody's Perfect and all its supporting
materials.  A few years ago, the CPHA Literacy and Health program did
a review and compilation of easy-to-read health resources and
parenting was included.  There might be helpful information there.

Good luck!

Jan

>Hello:
>
>As part of a contract with the Nova Scotia (Canada) Department of Health, I
>am working to identify plain language parent education resources to support
>the Healthy Beginnings Enhanced Home Visiting Program (and other programs).
>
>Healthy Beginnings is a new provincial initiative aimed at families with
>children from birth to three years of age who need extra support for any of
>a variety of reasons.  Some of the challenges that make these families
>candidates for Healthy Beginnings have implications for the resources that
>will be useful to them: low literacy, physical and mental challenges, and
>English as a second language.
>
>Our work includes reviewing parent education materials in use elsewhere in
>Canada as well as internationally.  We are also conducting a literature
>review on best practises for health education resource material aimed at
>parents.  From our review we will make recommendations as to the best
>parent education resources to either acquire or develop.
>
>If you have any suggestions on exciting new parent education resources that
>have been developed and may be appropriate,  research on best practises, or
>suggestions for people we should be talking to,  it would be great to hear
>from you.
>
>Cheers!
>
>
>Phyllis Price
>Broad Cove
>RR#2 Mill Village, NS
>B0J 2H0
>
>ph  902 677-2794
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