The Center for Literacy
Health Literacy - Calgary Charter
In October 2008 The Centre for Literacy of Quebec co-hosted the Calgary Institute on Health Literacy Curricula with Bow Valley College and the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (CCL). The institute drew participants and presenters from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. After three days of discussion, participants concluded that there is a need to identify core principles to underpin new and adapt existing health literacy curricula. One year later, this document formally establishes those principles and urges all individuals building or evaluating health literacy curricula to incorporate the principles into their work.
Click here to read the Calgary Charter
Cliquez ici pour lire la Charte de Calgary
If you would like to have your signature appear at the bottom of "The Calgary Charter on Health Literacy" document, please fill in your name, the name of your organization, and your location in the form below and submit the information by clicking the "Submit" button.
The Calgary Charter has been endorsed by:
Suzanne Austin Boren
Ph.D., M.H.A.
University of Missouri
Cary A Brown, PhD
Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jeff Burkhart
Literacy Network
Madison WI
Jennifer Cabe
Canyon Ranch Institute
United States
Elaine Cairns
Further Education Society
Calgary, AB
Pat Campbell
Grass Roots Press
Edmonton, Alberta
Susan Centner
Missouri Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) Digital Library
Rolla, Missouri
Sandra Cornett, Ph.D., RN
AHEC Clear Health Communication Program - Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Debby Crane RN BC
Education Specialist
Alberta Health Services-Calgary
Patricia Bartley Daniele FNP-BC
NYU Hospitals Center
New York, NY
Lorie Donelle
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
Michele Erikson
Wisconsin Literacy, Inc.
211 S. Paterson Madison, WI 53703
Norman Finlayson
PEI Literacy Alliance
Canada
Audrey Gardner
Bow Valley College
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Doris Gillis
Human Nutrition Department
St Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, NS
Diana Goemans
Health Services
Bow Valley College
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Health Literacy Missouri
325 N Euclid St. Louis, Mo 63108
Kathryn Lauten
Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication
Indianapolis, IN
Stan Hudson
Center for Health Policy
University of Missouri - Columbia
Susan Kanack, BSN, RN
ProHealth Care
Waukesha, WI
Judy King PhD, PT
University of Ottawa
Ottawa,ON
Jody Lundrigan, M.A.
Legal Studies
Ontario Literacy Coalition
Toronto, ON
Lisa McArthur, B.A., R.R.Pr,
Project READ Literacy Network
Ontario
Meg Murphy Adult and Community Learning Services
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Marina Niks, PhD
Douglas College
New Westminster, BC
Charles Pankratz
Bow Valley College
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
H. Judy Peng, M.D.
Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta
Specialized Geriatrics Program,
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital,
Edmonton, AB
Patricia Terstenyak, MPH
St. Vincent Charity Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Terri Peters, B.A., B.Ed.
Project Manager, Literacy Alberta
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Sue Phillips
Further Education Society
Calgary, AB
Audrey Riffenburgh
President, Plain Language Works
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Sandra Smith, MPH, PhD
Center for Health Literacy Promotion
Seattle, WA
Archie Willard
New Readers of Iowa
Iowa
Patricia Wielandt PhD,
MA, B.App.Sci (O.T).
Carol Wilson
Plain Language Specialist
Providence Health Care
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lindsay Wizowski BScN MEd
Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton ON
