The use of plain language helps to make the information easier for patients and health care providers to comprehend. Changing complex terms with plain language allows for a better understanding of what the information is being said. Explaining things that are too complicated for a patient to unders...
What are Plain Language Summaries of Publication articles? Medical research is becoming increasingly available to the public eye meaning that patient communication, especially how healthcare professionals talk to their patients, is becoming paramount. Ensuring patients and their caregivers fully comprehend di...
Materials were designed to be developmentally and culturally relevant, written in plain language, and to meet national standards. Parents and adolescents participated in the review of drafts and provided input into content. The newly developed pediatric type 2 education materials will be presented. ...
Key points: Plain language summaries make scientific papers readable to the general public.As researchers are accustomed to communicate in technical language, writing plain language summaries may be a challenging task.We offer specific suggestions to guide researchers in developing plain language summaries...
Cavoli a merenda: a practical guide to healthy nutrition for people living with HIV and AIDS and an important instrument of work for NATC Italy network in a very plain language; 2) to give practical directions about food: (which kind of food to buy, where to find it to cheaper prices,...
health literacy levels relate to increased willingness to enroll in clinical trials. From informed consent forms to plain language summaries, these documents ensure that the public is informed about clinical studies, and they understand the value of their contributions to science and public health. ...
2.openly,frankly,publicly,in public,overtly,candidly,unreservedly,forthrightly,straight from the shoulder(informal)Few of our political leaders are willing to talk plainly about the crisis. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publisher...
The healthcare industry wants to make more information on human research studies available to patients and the public. One way to help achieve this is to write simple summaries of clinical study results. Here, we use the term plain language summary (PLS) to describe them. The PLS allows ...
led training workshops for external and non-research audiences, including Public Health—Seattle & King County. Her training of Group Health patient education writers sparked an organization-wide plain language initiative, resulting in revisions to dozens of patient letters, brochures, and consent forms...
Though exponentially growing health-related literature has been made available to a broad audience online, the language of scientific articles can be difficult for the general public to understand. Therefore, adapting this expert-level language into plai