The Plain Language Thesaurus was assembled by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Marketing.  This
thesaurus offers plain language equivalents to some medical terms
phrases, and references.   Click here
<http://www.nphic.org/files/editor/file/thesaurus_1007.pdf>  to access
the file.

There were efforts to create a Wiki thesaurus too, but I am unable to
access that Internet site.

 

Gary D. Podschun     podschung at ada.org 
Manager, Community Outreach and Cultural Competence
Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations
312.440.7487
________________________________________________________________________
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American Dental Association  211 E. Chicago Ave.  Chicago,  IL
60611-2637  www.ada.org <http://www.ada.org/>  

 

From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Greene, Sarah
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 3:29 PM
To: 'The Health and Literacy Discussion List'
Cc: Ridpath, Jessica
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2425] Re: problematic words

 

Arina -

My colleagues and I developed a readability toolkit that includes an
"alternative wording list" of ~ 625 words.   It is freely available to
download from this web site: 

 

http://centerforhealthstudies.org/sciresc/readability/readability_home.h
tml 

 

 

We refresh this list periodically, and always welcome suggestions for
word to add (either complex terms that need easier synonyms, or
additional plain language synonyms for the words already on the
"difficult" list. Within the toolkit there are other resources,
including links to other sites that decode/define medical jargon.

 

Cordially,

Sarah Greene

greene.sm at ghc.org 

 

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Arina Boldt
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 12:14
Phttp://centerforhealthstudies.org/
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2422] problematic words

Does anyone have a list of problematic words and possible substitutes
(i.e. screening is better understood as test)?

 

Thanks!

 

Arina Boldt, MBA

Director of Community Outreach

Albemarle Hospital

1144 North Road Street

Elizabeth City, NC 27909

252/384-4665 phone

252/384-4051 fax 

www.albemarlehealth.org

 

Albemarle Health
State of the art technology. State of the heart care.

 

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