Literacy Workers as Partners. Adult basic education classes attract 3.8 million adults each year, and more than 140,000 volunteer tutors teach 250,000 adult literacy students annually. Health perceptions and health issues are important to people who attend adult education classes. Healthcare workers could maintain a list of local adult literacy classes so that patients who want to enroll can be shown where to go. Learning to read has a profound effect on many forms of communication.
All communication uses a literate orientation because the use of language is literate-based.
There is a cognitive ability that comes with written skills that translates into verbal communication. The importance of literacy education for children is an increasingly popular topic of discussion, especially for those who would otherwise become tomorrow's nonreaders. There is good news to report about literacy in the next generation. These literacy activities increased in prevalence between 1991 and 1995. Just giving free books to pediatric patients can enhance literacy, health, and the quality of life of child and parent.