This nationwide survey, funded by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2000, makes the case for the need for more public awareness needed about health care disparities across races and ethnicities. Download a summary of the study and its practical implications along with the full study by clicking on the link to the right.

Living with brain damage, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy is my focus. Brain damage at birth was the cause. Medical professionals and individuals with epilepsy MUST go beyond reporting symptoms, diagnosing, and prescribing treatment. Here I will--here I must--attend to my brain damage, and cerebral palsy. Without doing so, I will not contribute to improved communication, and understanding.
This began as a chronicle of my seizures--the insights gained from living with epilepsy for most of my 52 years. Yet, it has grown to include insights about living with brain damage--mild brain damage on the left side of my brain. Although distinct, my epilepsy is closely related to the cerebral palsy, which resulted from my brain damage at birth. The limited use of my right hand and arm, my compromised balance affects how I may respond during a seizure.
Epilepsy is more than its most vocal, violent expression--seizures. Epilepsy is a subtle expression of my nervous system. Patty's Epilepsy Chronicles seeks to explore my experiences and insights, in hopes of dispelling myths, ameliorating fears, and opening minds.

This free, online learning module developed by the Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health highlights three local efforts to address the health literacy gap in Minnesota. These include: the ECHO Project (Emergency Preparedness with Cultural Communities), PhotoVoice, and the Urban Health Agenda Community Advisory Committee (UHACAC). These projects represent cutting-edge work related to health literacy targeting cultural groups.

The Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health has developed a number of free online public health learning modules on a variety of topics. Follow the link to access them all.