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Research-based
Health Literacy Materials and Instruction Guide

Beginning ABE and ESL Levels 
 
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Instruction Guide
Section 1
– Health Professionals
Section 2
– Health Professionals
Section 3
– Emergency Care
Section 4
– Self-care and Non-emergency Care
Section 5
– Preventive Care – Regular Checkups
Section 6
– Preventive Care – Physical Activity and Good Nutrition
Section 7
– Making and Keeping an Appointment
Section 8
– Talking to Health Professionals
Section 9
– Talking to Health Professionals
Section 10
– Filling Out Medical and Family History Forms
Section 11
– After a Visit to a Health Professional – Tests
Section 12
– After a Visit to a Health Professional – Medication/Drugs
Section 13
– Medication Warnings
Section 14
– Information About Medications
Section 15
– Following Directions and Dosages for Medications
Section 16
– Other Drugs
Section 17
– Paying for Health Services
Section 18
– Getting Healthier
Section 9 – Talking to Health Professionals

Stresses the importance of asking questions if you don’t understand everything a health professional tells you. Incorporates six case studies involving both oral and print information on: diabetes (lab tests and medications), high cholesterol (lab test results and medications), preparing for a colonoscopy, and oral surgery post-operative instructions.

Basic Skills and Vocabulary
1. Vocabulary Lists
2. Sight Word List
3. Phonemic Awareness Activity
Graphics
  Interpreter / Translate
  Classroom Picture Set
  Flashcards - Label
Flashcards - No Label
Reading and Comprehension
1. Reading Passage
2. Cloze Activity
3. Beginner Story
4. Beginner Cloze Activity
Supplemental Activities
1. (C) Colonoscopy Instructions Worksheet
2. (O) Asking Questions Case Studies
ESL Activities
1. Word Focus
2. Sentence Focus
3. Conversation Focus
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