Achieving Health Literacy through the use of the Technology Foundation Standards for All Students

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Jefson, C. (2005). Achieving Health Literacy through the use of the Technology Foundation Standards for All Students. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2005 (pp. 1965-1968). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2005
Phoenix, AZ, USA
2005
ISBN 1-880094-55-X
  Caroline Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Ian Gibson, Karen McFerrin, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Cristy Jefson, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, United States

Abstract

Health literacy is the capacity of the individual not only to understand basic health information, but to obtain, interpret and practically apply these ideas to everyday life and ultimately to enhance health. Promoting health literacy among adolescents will assist them in establishing healthy lifestyle patterns and behaviors so that they may achieve health literacy. The juxtaposition of technology and health as complimentary disciplines, provides the rational and framework for a discussion about the construction of learning experiences that are grounded in real-world situations. Further, it is the goal of this paper to provide a rationale for linking the Technology Foundation Standards for All Students with the Healthy People 2010 Achieving Health Literacy goals as a means of furthering adolescents' health.

Keywords

• Adolescents
• Health
• Literacy

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