Position Papers on Literacy and Health

THE FUTURE PEDIATRICIAN:PROMOTING CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Edward L. Schor, M.D.; The Journal of Pediatrics; November 2007; 151(5):S11–S16

From Neurons to Neighborhoods - Executive Summary Jack P. Shonkoff and Deborah A. Phillips, Editors

The Effect of a Literacy Training Program on Family Medicine Residents
(Fam Med 2004;36(8):582-7.)

Parental Involvement in the Development of Children's Reading Skills - A Five-Year Longitudinal Study

Health Literacy Practices in Primary Care
The Commonwealth Fund

Developmental Screening for Health Care Providers
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/screening-hcp.html

Interactive Read Alouds: Getting More Out of Sharing Books Aloud
Dr. Jan Kristo, Professor of Literacy Education, University of Maine

Parent Report of Reading to Young Children
PEDIATRICS, Vol. 113 No.6, June 2004

To Read, or Not To Read: Is There Really Any Question?
Lisa M. Belisle, M.D., M.P.H.
Pat Patterson, M.D,
Deb Deatrick, M.P.H. (May 2005)

What We're Reading: The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Steven Pinker

Fathers Play Significant Role in Language Development of Young Children
FPG Snapshot, #34 (October 2006)
FPG Child Development Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill
(Complete study findings are in the November/December 2006 issue of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology)

The Health Literacy of America's Adults: Results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy

Born to Learn: Language, Reading, and the Brain of the Child
Patricia K. Kuhl, MD, 2003