Potential International Sources for Comparative Analysis (as identified by the AWG
Committee, June 2005)
Kirsch, I., Jungeblut, A., Jenkins, L. & Kolstad A. (1993) Adult literacy in America: A
first look at the results of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS).
Washington, DC: Department of Education.
Quigley, A. (in press). Quality, capability, opportunity: A meta-analysis of four
evaluation reports on adult literacy education programs in Aotearoa/New
Zealand. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Education.
Existing research and knowledge organizations that might be headed towards
relations between health and learning (as identified by the AWG Committee, June
2005)
- Federal government, provinces creating national collaborating centres
- CCL creating other CCL knowledge centres
- The planned work of CIHR institutes
- The planned work of SSHRC
Questions related to the health and learning of the HLKC’s Adult Working Group’s
priority areas:
- What does health mean to adults within the identified target populations?
- How do adults with low literacy skills learn about health (and other matters) for purposes of improved health, access to health, and applications to mainstream health practice?
- How does improved health affect learning capacity within this group?
- How can practitioners be better engaged in fostering improved health in this group?
- What does research, policy and practice on learning and health tell us about ways to improve health in those communities?
- What does research, policy, and practice of learning and health tell us about the
ways the health care system can become more accessible to these communities?
- What does research, policy, and practice tell us about ways to support healthy lives for these communities?
- What are the gaps in both research and practice for purposes of future study and action?
- How can practitioners be better engaged in researching the links between health
and learning?