Health Check

Submitted By

Helen Balanoff, Researcher, NWT Literacy Council, Yellowknife

Best Practices Supported

• Learning Materials
• Community
• Culture
• Organizational Linkages and Partnerships

Curriculum Links

• ALBE English
• ALBE Science

How It Works

Health Check is a literacy and health manual developed for adult and teen learners in the NWT. Stories are at the heart of Health Check. The stories, by adult literacy learners from the NWT, are truly northern and make the resource more engaging and relevant for northern learners.

To be able to make healthy choices, people need:

• Information on health topics that affect their lives, presented in a way they can understand.
• A greater feeling of control over their lives.