-Belinda Ray, Aspiranet Welcome Home Baby

"The books are great. I have presented the book at the Medical Society Task Force on Family Violence meetings. The feedback from the pediatricians and OB-GYN members have found the information very empowering to their patients These professionals also work with at-risk and battering couples, and have provided this book as a measure of hope and education."

“I really like taking out the Beginnings curriculum because it allows mother to play an active role in learning about their baby. The reflective questions encourage mothers to observe and learn from their infant’s non-verbal cues. My clients really enjoy the reflective coloring sheets. In many cases the fathers have taken over this activity. In the past, when I am facing a lack of communication from clients I used the coloring sheets because the relaxation and expression in their artwork sets up a framework for future communication. I have had mothers scribble black lines all over a picture of a pregnant mother and later state that they felt ugly and messy.”

Lalakesha Holmes-Allen Healthy Families MOM Project Doula

"We feel this high quality patient education material increases our effectiveness as providers and is a tremendous time saver."   

 

"I think Beginnings is the best product of its type on the market." 

  

"The Beginnings Guides for pregnancy and parenting have been a wonderful asset to our home visiting program."   

"Your website and materials are amazing. I appreciate the simplicity of the key messages poster.'

 

"It was very educational for me as this was my first pregnancy. I also enjoyed the graphics and format of the information. GREAT!" 

 

"I seemed to get the right information at the right time through all the stages of my pregnancy. It was helpful to get information in stages, not all at once."  

 

"I used the booklets as a ready reference as I needed them. I looked forward to them. They’re wonderful."

 

Sandra A. Smith • Elizabeth J. Moore

Abstract: We explored health literacy in parents as an underlying construct that develops through social interaction and reflection and involves an array of skills that enable a parent to manage personal and child health and healthcare. We hypothesized that depression impairs health literacy and impedes efforts to promote health literacy through home visitation.

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-May 19-23, Southampton, England: Sandra Smith will participate in a World Wide Universities Health Literacy Network invitational conference to recommend a global agenda for health literacy research.

“Health Literacy and Depression in the Context of Home Visitation” from the October 2011 Health Literacy Annual Research Conference III. View slides here.

-How to Evaluate Program Effects on Parental Health Literacy Using the Life Skills Progression Instrument

-From the Northwest Bulletin Home Visiting Programs Provide Opportunity for Enhancing Health Literacy by Sandra Smith.

-Parents as Teachers National Center, St. Louis: Missouri Parents as Teachers (PAT) Functional Health Literacy Demonstration Project This project will integrate health literacy education into its PAT home-based parent education program.

-At the first Annual Research Meeting at the University of Washington Tower Sandra Smith presented a scientific poster on preliminary results of a study on the impacts of maternal depression on mothers’ health literacy in the context of home visitation.  To view the poster click here.

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Updated May 11, 2012