The Center for Literacy
Publications
The Centre for Literacy produces many unique publications for literacy practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, and interested members of the community.
Recently Added Publications
Plain language and patient education: A summary of current research
Research Brief | Published in 2003
Authored by Tannis Atkinson
This is the first in a series of briefs that focus on evaluative research into the use of alternative means of health communication; they include plain language, audiotapes, videotapes, interactive media, and visual images. Searches of the medical and education literatures were conducted as part of a Health Literacy Project that examined the communication needs of patients with limited literacy or other communication barriers. The guiding question for these searches was: ‘What impacts have been documented in
relation to the identified target groups?’
Audiotapes and literacy: A summary of current research
Research Brief | Published in 2004
Authored by Linda Shohet; Samantha green
This is the second in a series of briefs that focus on evaluative research into the use of alternative means of health communication; these include plain language, audiotapes, videotapes, interactive media, and visual images. Searches were conducted of the medical and education literatures as part of a Health Literacy Project that examined the communication needs of patients with limited literacy or other communication barriers. The guiding question was: ‘What impacts have been documented in relation to the identified
target groups?’
Measuring health literacy: A challenge to curriculum design and evaluation
Research Brief | Published in 2008
Authored by Andrew Pleasant
There is a growing interest in health literacy and in developing curricula for health care providers and for the general public. However, developing curriculum without accompanying evaluation plans is like starting a race without a finish line, and current measures of health literacy are not up to the task of evaluating curriculum. This research brief critically reviews the literature on health literacy measures and proposes a future direction.
The Literacy and Essential Skills Needs of Quebec's Anglophone Adults
Project Documentation | Published in 2012
Authored by The Centre for Literacy
This report includes a literature review and input from key informants to create a portrait of the LES needs of, and services for, Quebec’s minority-language community.
HIPPY Montréal: Evaluation of Outcomes 2008-2009
Project Documentation | Published in 2009
Authored by Stephanie Garrow
This study complements the primarily qualitative study conducted by Prof. Lynn Butler-Kisber, Prof. Joanne Kingsley, Prof. Sylvia Sklar and their colleagues from The Centre for Educational Leadership (CEL), McGill University, Montreal: Home Intervention Program for Parents of Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY): An efficacy study (2009). It provides further quantitative analysis of HIPPY outcomes.
Enews: October 2011
News from the Centre | Published in 2011
News about the Summer and Fall (IALS) Institutes, Writers in the Community, Family Literacy Day, and Raise-a-Reader.
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E-News: Sept 2011
News from the Centre | Published in 2011
The first E-News From The Centre, featuring stories on Summer and Fall Fall Institutes 2011, International Literacy Day, research scans, and research projects.
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Literacy Across the Curriculumedia Focus, Vol. 18, No. 1
LACMF | Published in 2005
Literacy Across the Curriculumedia Focus, Vol. 17, No. 2
LACMF | Published in 2004
Literacy Across the Curricumedia Focus, Vol. 17, No. 1
LACMF | Published in 2003
