"I Hate to Diet," Guide to Losing Weight; 25 Easy Ways to Get Your Fruits and Vegetables; Dietary Guidelines for Americans, An Easy-to-read Summary; The Fatty, Salty, Sugary, Unhealthy, Junk Food Quiz; Junk Food Facts; "I Don't Like to Exercise," Guide to Physical Activity; Why Animals Like Exercise; How Steroids Affect Your Health; Talking About Steroids, What to Say and How to Say It. Pamphlets by JourneyWorks (3 sets of pamphlets, some also available in Spanish.) Santa Cruz, Calif: JourneyWorks Publishing. Prices start at $18 for 50 pamphlets.
These new sets of JourneyWorks pamphlets provide important up-to-date information in a practical format. JourneyWorks organizes the above pamphlets under the topics of physical activity, nutrition, and information about steroids. The pamphlets are intended for teenagers and adults who may not have former knowledge of the topics. The titles indicate the intended audience such as Parents, Coaches & Other Adults, Talking About Steroids, What to Say and How to Say It, Keep Talking. The pamphlets are bright and colorful using vibrant illustrations featuring an array of ages and diversity in races. The pamphlets are in a 3-fold design on nonglossy recycled paper. The colorful eye-catching design makes them distinctive from other brochures and educational resources.
The information in the pamphlets is up-to-date and important in relation to today's healthcare needs. The information is presented in text with different colored printing of text and bolding in order to break up the information. The illustrations are also spaced throughout the pamphlets to break up heavy areas of text without distracting the reader. The writing is focused and does not include medical jargon that may not be understood by the public. The information is mainly presented in bulleted lists and colored boxes. The pamphlet Test Your Knowledge, The Fatty, Salty, Sugary, Unhealthy, Junk Food Quiz, Get the Facts uses the form of an educational quiz and provides the answers on the back page of the pamphlet. The very relevant and important information in these educational pamphlets is presented in a format and manner that is nonmilitant and can be easily understood by the public.
These pamphlets by JourneyWorks are designed to be used by a variety of people with different needs and uses. The pamphlet Parents, Coaches, & Other Adults, Talking About Steroids, What to Say and How to Say It, Keep Talking provides information for adults who want to talk to teenagers or young athletes about steroid use. What You Need to Know, How Steroids Affect Your Health, Get the Facts is another pamphlet that provides information about steroids that are designed for teenagers and young athletes. Both pamphlets have excellent and pertinent information about steroids but both are curtailed to different audiences in a very efficient manner. Another pamphlet Be Active!!, Why Animals Like Exercise, Have Fun!! is designed to convey the importance of exercise to children in a fun manner relating it to animals. The 3 inside panels of the pamphlet have 12 pictures of animals that each has a word bubble encompassing why they exercise. The message is targeted to children in a fun and visual way.
This series of JourneyWorks pamphlets is an excellent resource for those wanting to give or receive information on these topics. In addition to the information included in the pamphlets, JourneyWorks provides information about Web sites to search for additional information on the back of each one. This provides the reader with a resource to use if more information is needed. JourneyWorks Publishing offers copies of their literature for review. For complimentary pamphlets, call their tollfree number 1-800-775-1998.
Haley Castiglione, BSN, RN
University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville