Health and Literacy: Constructing Curriculum for Health-Care Providers
A Learning Institute, October 16-18, 2008, Calgary

 Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D.

Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D., participated with us as resident expert.  Andrew is widely known for his practice and research in the areas of health literacy; science, health, and environmental communication; and social marketing. He has led and participated in numerous training sessions in the United States and internationally. 

He is currently Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Human Ecology and the Extension Department of Family and Community Health Sciences. He is co-author of Advancing Health Literacy: A Framework for Understanding and Action (2006). 

Andrew recently collected health literacy curriculum information and materials that people were willing to share on the NIFL listserv at http://www.advancinghealthliteracy.com/curricula.html

Andrew’s course websites are: http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~healthlit http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~cils http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~envhealth

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