HEALTH TiPS - What You Can Do

Physicians from the American College of Physicians (ACP) donating their services to treat victims of Hurricane Katrina report a lack of information written at an appropriate reading level to explain the importance of hand washing, not sharing medicine, and other health issues.
The ACP Foundation, working with health literacy experts and physicians, created HEALTH TIPS for Healthy Shelter Living, a one page handout for shelter volunteers to use with people in the shelters. HEALTH TIPS for Healthy Shelter Living, is written at a third grade reading level, and is available in English and Spanish, plain text or with illustrations at http://foundation.acponline.org/sheltertips