Scan of family literacy and health

FINAL REPORT The Scan: Premises and Methodology This report includes a description of the methodology used to conduct the scan; a brief The central purpose of the scan was to identify resources and literature that could review of family literacy research in Canada; relevant definitions of “family literacy” inform the development of a training module on family literacy and health. [...] FINAL REPORT Limitations Beyond the identification of resources, the scan provided some general insight into the The limited time available to conduct the scan, develop the annotated bibliography and state of family literacy practice in Canada. [...] For example, a recent not incorporate research on the United Kingdom’s national “Sure Start” program, nor report by the Early Childhood Centre of the University of New Brunswick (Nason & does it include the Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning’s studies on Whitty, 2004) documented the outcomes of a national survey that described a rich the benefits of learning on health. [...] Similarly, the Weaving Literacy Health Association Expert Panel on Health Literacy and to be published in 2007 Project – an initiative to promote the integration of literacy services into existing family summarizes the current state of knowledge related to the literacy and health literacy support programs – has been a central project of the Canadian Association of Family levels of Canadians as wel [...] This Thomas in her 1998 review of the field when she observed that: situation stands in contrast to the United States, where the widespread implementation and public support of models like Even Start and Head Start have facilitated the cross- þ The field of family literacy is complex, based on diversity of families served and the comparison and evaluation of programs and results, despite variation