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The keywords after each annotation are indexed here. If interested in materials about a particular subject, such as diabetes or cancer, search here to see what the Compendium includes.

Note that one work may include information on several topics, so a keyword may refer to only part of the work. For example, under Sickle cell anemia, the reader will find Speaking Out on Health, a book which includes a number of essays, one of which is about sickle cell anemia. The subject index guides people to keywords. For example, under the keyword Cancer is the instruction to "see also Breast cancer, cervical cancer." Additional information about cancer will be found under those headings. This index also guides people to use keywords that are not necessarily synonyms for the desired topic, but which should include useful information. For example, under the keyword Adult basic education is the instruction to "see Literacy education, Learner-centered." Because all the materials about ABE cited in this Compendium are learner-centered, they can be found under the term Literacy education, Learner-centered.

• Who Has the Right?: Jigsaw Unit

• Empowerment Health Education in Adult Literacy: A Guide for Public Health and Adult Literacy Practitioners, Policy Makers, and Funders. Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports Vol. III, No. 4, Part A (Series)
• Who Holds the Mirror?: The Mural, Oral Histories, and Pedagogy of the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project

Adult basic education (see Literacy education, Learner-centered)

Adult education (see Literacy education, Learner-centered)

• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- 4th ed.
• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Personal Health Through Literacy
• Project Overcome

• Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults / Las Medicinas y Usted: Guía para las Personas Mayores [Workbook and video]
• Teaching and Learning with Native Americans: A Handbook for Non-Native American Adult Educators
• Women's Health. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)

• ESL for Farm Safety: AFOP's Working with English Series [Student workbook and teacher's manual]
• Farmworker Nutrition Education Resource Guide

• Eastern LINCS: Teacher Resources: Health
• [Harborside Community Center Home Page]
• HIV/AIDS: A Collection of Stories and Skits [with A Note to Teachers]
• International AIDS Awareness Day: December 1, 1997: Activities for TESOL Classes
• Lifelong Learning Online
• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Multilingual Health Education Resource Guide -- 2nd ed.
• Playing it Safe: Dramas, Stories, and Lessons about AIDS
• Selected from Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
• Surviving the 90's: Alcohol, Other Drugs, and HIV/AIDS: Health Education for English as a Second Language and Adult Literacy Programs
• What If It's Me? Help with AIDS

• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- 4th ed.
• Reméd Lakay: Haitian Home Remedies

• Lifelong Learning Online

• Brain and Behavior: Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse
• [Harborside Community Center Home Page]

• Speaking Out on Health: An Anthology. New Writer's Voices (Series)

• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- 4th ed.

• One Minute Asthma: What You Need to Know / El Asma en Un Minuto -- 2nd ed.

Birth control (see Contraception)

• Assessing Breast and Cervical Cancer Education Materials for Literacy Level and Cultural Appropriateness
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Curriculum Sourcebook
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Resource Kit: Annotated Bibliography
• Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Curriculum Guide
• Breast Cancer as I Lived It / Cancer del Seno como lo Vivi
• Lesson 1: Mammograms. Lesson 2: Pap Tests [Student booklet and teacher's guide]. Take Charge of Your Health! (Series)
• Personal Health Through Literacy
• Who Holds the Mirror?: The Mural, Oral Histories, and Pedagogy of the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project
• Women Take Care...Take Action [Video, viewer's guide, and teacher's guide]

Cancer (see also Breast cancer, cervical cancer)

• About Cancer. For Your Information (Series)
• Eastern LINCS: Teacher Resources: Health

• Farmworker Nutrition Education Resource Guide
• PEERLIT (Peers Evaluating Educational Resources): Health and Leisure
• Speaking Out on Health: An Anthology. New Writer's Voices (Series)

• Assessing Breast and Cervical Cancer Education Materials for Literacy Level and Cultural Appropriateness
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Curriculum Sourcebook
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Resource Kit: Annotated Bibliography
• Lesson 1: Mammograms. Lesson 2: Pap Tests [Student booklet and teacher's guide]. Take Charge of Your Health! (Series)
• My Life Story with Cancer / La Historia de Mi Vida con Cáncer
• Personal Health Through Literacy
• Women Take Care...Take Action [Video, viewer's guide, and teacher's guide]

Child health (see Family health)

• Health Promotion for Adult Literacy Students: An Empowering Approach
• Healthy Beginnings: Lead Safe Families
• Lifelong Learning Online

• The Childbearing Year
• Having a Baby. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)
• Low Literacy Materials

• Developing Health and Family Planning Print Materials for Low-Literate Audiences: A Guide -- Rev. ed.
• Taking Care: A Handbook about Women's Health -- Revised and updated

Dental health (see Oral health)

• Cuando Tenemos Diabetes...Lo Que Más Afecta Nuestro Nivel de Azúcar es la Comida que Comemos y como la Cocinamos: Guía para Puertorriqueños con Diabetes: Como Comer Saludablemente
• Farmworker Nutrition Education Resource Guide
• Meal Planning for People with Diabetes / Planificación de Comidas para Personas con Diabetes -- 3rd ed.

• Lifelong Learning Online
• Domestic Violence. Today's World (Series)
• Isolating the Barriers and Strategies for Prevention
• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules

Drug Abuse (see Substance abuse)

• Medicines and You: A Guide for Older Adults / Las Medicinas y Usted: Guía para las Personas Mayores
• Read the Label
• Surviving the 90's: Alcohol, Other Drugs, and HIV/AIDS: Health Education for English as a Second Language and Adult Literacy Programs
• Taking Care: A Handbook about Women's Health -- Revised and updated

• Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Curriculum Guide

• Getting Fit. For Your Information (Series)
• Health Promotion for Adult Literacy Students: An Empowering Approach
• How to Feel Good: Learning to Relax and Exercise, an Invitation
• Managing Stress. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)
• Staying Well. For Your Information (Series)
• Women's Health. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)

• Farmworker Nutrition Education Resource Guide
• Lifeschool 2000: Health
• Low Literacy Materials
• Multilingual Health Education Resource Guide -- 2nd ed.
• Rosalie's Neighborhood

Farm workers (see Agricultural laborers)

• Health Promotion for Adult Literacy Students: An Empowering Approach
• Lifeschool 2000: Health
• You Can Give First Aid

• E-Square Health Center

Health beliefs (see Intercultural communication)

• Assessing Health Education Videos: Guidelines for Health Educators and Trainers
• Beyond the Brochure: Alternative Approaches to Effective Health Communication
• Breast and Cervical Cancer Curriculum Sourcebook
• Clear and Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers
• Combined Health Information Database
• Developing Health and Family Planning Print Materials for Low-Literate Audiences: A Guide -- Rev. ed.
• Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Literacy and Health in the United States: Selected Annotations
• Empowerment Health Education in Adult Literacy: A Guide for Public Health and Adult Literacy Practitioners, Policy Makers and Funders. Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports Vol. III, No. 4, Part A (Series)
• Health, Communication and Literacy: An Annotated Bibliography
• Health Information: How to Find out What to Do
• Ideas in Action: Participatory Health and Literacy Education with Adults: Discussion Guide for Adult Basic Education and Literacy Instructors, Health Educators, and Others
• Learning for Our Health: a Resource Book for Participatory Literacy and Health Education
• Literacy, Health, and the Law: An Exploration of the Law and the Plight of Marginal Readers Within the Health Care System: Advocating for Patients and Providers
• An Overview of Medical and Public Health Literature Addressing Literacy Issues: An Annotated Bibliography. NCSALL Reports #7 (Series)
• Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills -- 2nd ed.

• Literacy and Health: Making the Connection: The Research Report of the Literacy and Health Project, Phase One: Making the World Healthier and Safer for People Who Can't Read
• An Overview of Medical and Public Health Literature Addressing Literacy Issues: An Annotated Bibliography. NCSALL Reports #7 (Series)
• Partners in Practice: The Literacy and Health Project Phase Two August 1990-October 1992: Summary Report

Heart Disease (see Cardiovascular conditions)

• Multilingual Health Education Resource Guide -- 2nd ed.

HIV (see AIDS/HIV)

• My Life Story with Cancer / La Historia de Mi Vida con Cáncer

• E-Square Health Center
• [Harborside Community Center Home Page]
• Healthy Beginnings: Lead Safe Families
• How to Feel Good: Learning to Relax and Exercise, an Invitation
• Reméd Lakay: Haitian Home Remedies

• [Patient education]

• Low Literacy Materials
• Staying Well. For Your Information (Series)

• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- 4th ed.
• Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach
• Teaching and Learning with Native Americans: A Handbook for Non-Native American Adult Educators

• Health Information: How to Find Out What to Do

Latin Americans (see also Spanish language materials in the Language Index)

• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- 4th ed.
• What a Friend Can Do for You / Lo Que una Amiga Puede Hacer para Ti
• Women Take Care...Take Action [Video, viewer's guide, and teacher's guide]

• Literacy, Health, and the Law: an Exploration of the Law and the Plight of Marginal Readers Within the Health Care System: Advocating for Patients and Providers

• Healthy Beginnings: Lead Safe Families

• Isolating the Barriers and Strategies for Prevention

• Education for Critical Consciousness
• Empowerment Health Education in Adult Literacy: A Guide for Public Health and Adult Literacy Practitioners, Policy Makers and Funders. Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports Vol. III, No. 4, Part A (Series)
• Ideas in Action: Participatory Health and Literacy Education with Adults: Discussion Guide for Adult Basic Education and Literacy Instructors, Health Educators and Others
• Learning for Our Health: A Resource Book for Participatory Literacy and Health Education
• Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach
• Making Meaning, Making Change: Participatory Curriculum Development for Adult ESL Literacy
• Who Holds the Mirror?: The Mural, Oral Histories, and Pedagogy of the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project

• Directory of National and State Literacy Contacts
• Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Literacy and Health in the United States: Selected Annotations

• Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Literacy and Health in the United States: Selected Annotations
• ERIC Database
• Health, Communication and Literacy: An Annotated Bibliography
• Literacy and Health for Life / Alphabétisation et Santé pour la Vie
• Literacy and Health: Making the Connection: The Research Report of the Literacy and Health Project, Phase One: Making the World Healthier and Safer for People Who Can't Read
• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Other People's Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy
• An Overview of Medical and Public Health Literature Addressing Literacy Issues: An Annotated Bibliography. NCSALL Reports #7 (Series)
• Partners in Practice: The Literacy and Health Project Phase Two August 1990-October 1992: Summary Report
• Personal Health Through Literacy
• Something in My Mind Besides the Everyday

• Literacy and Health: Making the Connection: The Research Report of the Literacy and Health Project, Phase One: Making the World Healthier and Safer for People Who Can't Read
• Isolating the Barriers and Strategies for Prevention
• Other People's Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy
• Partners in Practice: The Literacy and Health Project Phase Two August 1990-October 1992: Summary Report
• Something in My Mind Besides the Everyday

• Lesson 1: Mammograms. Lesson 2: Pap Tests [Student booklet and teacher's guide]. Take Charge of Your Health! (Series)
• What a Friend Can Do for You / Lo Que una Amiga Puede Hacer para Ti
• Women Take Care...Take Action [Video, viewer's guide, and teacher's guide]

• Assessing Breast and Cervical Cancer Education Materials for Literacy Level and Cultural Appropriateness
• Assessing Health Education Videos: Guidelines for Health Educators and Trainers
• Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills -- 2nd ed.
• Write It Easy-To-Read: A guide to Creating Plain English Materials (especially for the Medicaid Market)

• Beyond the Brochure: Alternative Approaches to Effective Health Communication
• Clear and Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers
• Clearing the Smoke: A Guide to Developing Effective Tobacco Education Materials
• Clues for the Clueless: A Beginner's Guide to Making a Video
• Developing Health and Family Planning Print Materials for Low-Literate Audiences: A Guide -- Rev. ed.
• Literacy and Health for Life / Alphabétisation et Santé pour la Vie
• The Right to Understand: Linking Literacy to Health and Safety Training
• Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills -- 2nd ed.
• Write It Easy-To-Read: A guide to Creating Plain English Materials (especially for the Medicaid Market)

• Getting Good Health Care. For Your Information (Series)
• A Grab Bag of Health: A Collection of Health-Related Activities for the ESL Classroom
• Health Promotion for Adult Literacy Students: An Empowering Approach
• LifeSchool 2000: Health
• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Staying Well. For Your Information (Series)

• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- 4th ed.

• PEERLIT (Peers Evaluating Educational Resources): Health and Leisure

• I Call It the Curse! A Book about Periods

• Brain and Behavior: Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse
• Project Overcome
• Taking Care: A Handbook about Women's Health -- Revised and updated
• Teaching and Learning with Native Americans: A Handbook for Non-Native American Adult Educators
• Women's Health. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)

Migrant workers (see Agricultural laborers)

• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- 4th ed.
• Oral Health Education Catalog of Recommended Materials and Programs -- Rev. ed.
• Teaching and Learning with Native Americans: A Handbook for Non-Native American Adult Educators

• The Right to Understand: Linking Literacy to Health and Safety Training

• E-Square Health Center
• Eastern LINCS: Teacher Resources: Health
• Eating Right. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)
• Farmworker Nutrition Education Resource Guide
• [Harborside Community Center Home Page]
• Health Promotion for Adult Literacy Students: An Empowering Approach
• Lifeschool 2000: Health
• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Low Literacy Materials
• Managing Stress. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)
• Staying Well. For Your Information (Series)
• Taking Care: A Handbook about Women's Health -- Revised and updated
• A Taste of English: A Nutrition Workbook for Adult ESL Students [Student workbook and teacher's manual]

• ESL for farm safety: AFOP's working with English series [Studentworkbook and teacher's manual]
• The Right to Understand: Linking Literacy to Health and Safety Training

• Farmworker Nutrition Education Resource Guide
• Lifeschool 2000: Health
• Low Literacy Materials
• Oral Health Education Catalog of Recommended Materials and Programs -- Rev. ed.
• Rosalie's Neighborhood

• Making Meaning, Making Change: Participatory Curriculum Development for Adult ESL Literacy
• Who Holds the Mirror?: The Mural, Oral Histories, and Pedagogy of the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project

Pap Tests (see Cervical cancer)

• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Rosalie's Neighborhood

People of color (see also African Americans, Asian Americans, Immigrants, Intercultural communication, Latin Americans, Native Americans)

• Who Holds the Mirror?: The Mural, Oral Histories, and Pedagogy of the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project

• Rosalie's Neighborhood
• Staying Well. For Your Information (Series)
• What a Friend Can Do for You / Lo Que una Amiga Puede Hacer para Ti

• Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Literacy and Health in the United States: Selected Annotations
• Literacy, Health and the Law: An Exploration of the Law and the Plight of Marginal Readers Within the Health Care System: Advocating for Patients and Providers
• The Right to Understand: Linking Literacy to Health and Safety Training
• Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills -- 2nd ed.
• Write It Easy-To-Read: A guide to Creating Plain English Materials (especially for the Medicaid Market)

• Farmworker Nutrition Education Resource Guide
• Something on My Mind Besides the Everyday

• Health Promotion for Adult Literacy Students: An Empowering Approach

Sexually transmitted diseases (see STDs)

• Speaking Out on Health: An Anthology. New Writer's Voices (Series)

• Clearing the Smoke: A Guide to Developing Effective Tobacco Education Materials
• Diapers, Dishes, and Deep Breathing: A Stress Management Workshop for Mothers: Curriculum Outline -- Rev. ed.
• E-Square Health Center
• From the First to the Last Ash: The History, Economics and Hazards of Tobacco [Curriculum and teacher's guide]
• Low Literacy Materials
• PEERLIT (Peers Evaluating Educational Resources): Health and Leisure
• Staying Well. For Your Information (Series)
• Surviving the 90's: Alcohol, Other Drugs, and HIV/AIDS: Health Education for English as a Second Language and Adult Literacy Programs
• Women's Health. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)

STDs (see also AIDS/HIV)

• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Multilingual Health Education Resource Guide -- 2nd ed.

• Diapers, Dishes, and Deep Breathing: A Stress Management Workshop for Mothers: Curriculum Outline -- Rev. ed.
• E-Square Health Center
• How to Feel Good: Learning to Relax and Exercise, an Invitation
• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Managing Stress. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)
• Staying Well. For Your Information (Series)

• About Alcohol and Other Drugs. For Your Information (Series)
• Brain and Behavior: Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse
• Farmworker Nutrition Education Resource Guide
• Happy Hour
• Health Promotion for Adult Literacy Students: An Empowering Approach
• Lifelong Learning Online
• Surviving the 90's: Alcohol, Other Drugs, and HIV/AIDS: Health Education for English as a Second Language and Adult Literacy Programs
• Teaching and Learning with Native Americans: A Handbook for Non-Native American Adult Educators
• Women's Health. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)

• [Patient education]

Teaching (see Literacy education, learner centered)

• The Right to Understand: Linking Literacy to Health and Safety Training

• Multilingual Health Education Resource Guide -- 2nd ed.
• Speaking Out on Health: An Anthology. New Writer's Voices (Series)

• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules
• Other People's Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy

• Assessing Health Education Videos: Guidelines for Health Educators and Trainers
• Clues for the Clueless: A Beginner's Guide to Making a Video

Violence against women (see Domestic violence and Sexual abuse)

• PEERLIT (Peers Evaluating Educational Resources): Health and Leisure

• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness -- 4th ed.
• Other People's Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy
• Something on My Mind Besides the Everyday

Women's health (see also Abortion, Breast cancer, Cervical cancer, Contraception, Domestic violence, Hysterectomy, Mammography, Menstruation, Sexual abuse)

• Health Promotion for Adult Literacy Students: An Empowering Approach
• Low Literacy Materials
• Taking Care: A Handbook about Women's Health -- Revised and updated
• Women's Health. A Quick and Easy Guide (Series)

• Literacy for Health: Improving Health in the Inner City: Final Report and Curriculum Modules

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