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Internet Resources

• The Internet provides almost an embarrassment of riches in the realm of literacy and health. Start at the National Institute for Literacy's LINCS Health and Literacy Special Collection 
  (http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs or 
  http://www.nifl.gov/lincs 
  and click on "Collections" and then on "Health & Literacy"). The site is maintained by World Education. It opens up the world of health curricula for literacy and English for speakers of other languages classes, resources on providing basic health information in accessible language, information about the link between literacy and health status, and links to organizations dedicated to health literacy. Click on "Discussions" to find an electronic discussion list on health and literacy.
  

• For resources on trauma and learning, go to http://www.jennyhorsman.com.
  

Books used by Beth Russett in Maine

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• The Deep Breathing While Doing it All curriculum, developed by the Tobacco Free Greater Franklin County Coalition's Stress Management Task Force, produced by The Literacy Project, Greenfield, MA. Telephone: 1-413-774-3934.
  

• Beyond Prescriptions - Meeting Your Health Needs - A Plain Language Workbook About Health by the Women's Network Inc., Prince Edward Island, was published by Literacy Services of Canada. Telephone: 1-780-413-6491. The book addresses the personal and political aspects of health literacy.
  

Resources on Immigrant Health Concerns

• Ayanian, J. Z., Weissman, J. S., Schneider, E. C., Ginsburg, J. A., & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2000). "Unmet health needs of uninsured adults in the United States." Journal of the American Medical Association, 284, 2061-2078.
  

• EthnoMed, at 
  http://healthlinks.washington.edu/
  clinical/ethnomed/ 
  Contains in-depth profiles of various ethnic communities' cultures and health concerns. Maintained by the University of Washington.
  

• McGoldrick, M., Giordano, J., & Pearce, J. (1996). Ethnicity and Family Therapy. New York City: Guilford Press. Also reader-friendly, this book describes family interaction and mental health issues for more than 40 cultures.
   

Resources on Culture and Health Care in the United States

• Galanti, G. (1997). Caring for Patients from Different Cultures. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. A clear and sometimes entertaining text written for nursing students, it gives 172 case studies of cultural conflicts that occurred in US hospitals.
  

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2001). Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity - A Supplement to Mental Health: a Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services. Available on-line:  http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/
  mentalhealth/cre/sma-01-3613.pdf
  

• http://www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/ links with many health-related sites, and has a Spanish version.
  

Resources on Writing as Healing

• Anderson, C., & McCurdy, M. (eds.) (2000). Writing and Healing: Toward An Informed Practice. Urbana Illinois: National Council of Teachers of English.
  

• Cameron, J. (1992). The Artist's Way. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  

• DeSalvo, L. (1999). Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Stories Transforms our Lives. San Francisco: Harper.
  

• Fox, J. (1995). Finding What You Didn't Lose. New York: Penguin Putnam.
  

• Fox, J. (1997). Poetic Medicine. New York: Penguin Putnam.
  

• Horsman, J, (2000). Too Scared To Learn: Women, Violence, and Education. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  

• Lamott, A. (1995). Bird by Bird. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday.
  

• May, G. (1988). Addiction and Grace. New York: Harper Collins.
  

• Miller, J. (2001). "Goddard's transformative language arts program." Poets and Writers. 66-68.
  

• Mitche1l, F. (2001). "Frances Driscoll and The Rape Poems." Poets and Writers. 43-46.
  

• Otis, L. (2001). "Poetry in prisons: Part two." Poets and Writers. 58-62.
  

• Petersen, S. & Straub, R. (1992) School Crisis Survival Guide. New York: The Center for Applied Research in Education.
  

• Prevallet, K. (2001). "Creativity and the Importance of Fourth Grade." Poets and Writers. 51-54.
  

• Rierden, A. (1997). The Farm: Life Inside a Women's Prison. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press.
  

• Schneider, P. (1994). The Writer as an Artist: A New Approach to Writing Alone and with Others. Amherst, MA: Amherst Writers and Artists Press.
  

• Therrien, R. (1999). Voices From the Hood. Amherst, MA: Amherst Writers and Artists Press.
  

• Tietjen, J., & Pugh, D. (eds.) (1997). I Have Arrived Before My Words. Alexandria, VA: Charles River Press.
  

• Vega, J. (2001) "Poetry in prisons: Part one." Poets and Writers. 56-58.