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health literacy
The Problem
Many people living in New Hampshire have poor health literacy skills, which contribute to higher utilization of health care services, unnecessary pain and suffering and, in turn, significant increases in annual health care expenditures.
The Solution
Clear communication is a sound business strategy that many organizations are using to enhance “the bottom line” and to improve customer satisfaction. Numerous government agencies have adopted internal standards of writing easy-to-read, a language that most people can easily understand. It saves time, money, and lives.
Whether you are:
What AHEC can do for you:
- writing patient education materials,
- publishing a newsletter,
- communicating with the public,
- managing a department, or
- training workers,
writing and speaking clearly are extremely important.
Evaluate the readability level of print materials
Websites:
Re-write health information for the public at an easy-to-read level
Create new easy-to-read documents
North Country Care-Net: Easy Links to Health Information
This website has easy to read health information and resources.Health Literacy- National Library of Medicine Current Bibliographies in Medicine
This is an extensive list of resources (both print and web-based) on the many aspects of health literacy.Health & Literacy Special Collection
The Health & Literacy site is for teachers, students, health educators, or anyone interested in teaching health to people with limited literacy skills.Nutrition Education for Low-literate Teens & Adults
This website has nutrition resources written in easy-to-read language, as well as many links to information that can assist you in creating plain language resources.Plain Language
This website has a wealth of information for anyone wishing to learn techniques to create plain language documents, and includes a list of words with easy-to-read substitutions.Contact Alice Muh at 603-837-2519 for more information.
Updated 01/08/08
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