HTTP://foundation.acponline.org/sheltertips . 
The link is to a one-page Health Tips for People Living in Shelters. The tips 
are available for downloading/printing by anyone wanting to use them. The 
content was vetted with many providers/evacuees around the South during the 
last week, and the Editor of the American College of Physicians' PIER (Pt. Info 
and Ed. Res) reviewed the material for an evidence-base. 
Some more about the shelter tips: 
*       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 .

Siobhan Champ-Blackwell
Community Outreach Liaison
NN/LM-MCR
Creighton University Health Sciences Library
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
402.280.4156/800.338.7657 option#1,#2, then #1
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