Request for input on draft plain language thesaurusAgreed! This new plain 
language thesaurus looks great -- a wonderful resource for all of us. 
Cynthia, thanks for making it happen.
~Helen

Helen Osborne, M.Ed., OTR/L
Health Literacy Consulting & Health Literacy Month
www.healthliteracy.com & www.healthliteracymonth.org
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Speaker, Author, Plain Language Writer & Editor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Muro, Andres
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:05 PM
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2207] Re: Request for input on draft 
plainlanguagethesaurus


Just visited the website. Very cool, five stars *****.

It is a very simple to use thesaurus that can be useful for any discipline, 
not just health. Great resource,

Andres

From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov 
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Baur, Cynthia 
(CDC/CCHIS/NCHM)
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:31 PM
To: The Health and Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 2205] Request for input on draft plain 
languagethesaurus

Open invitation to listserv members and colleagues,
The Division of Health Communication and Marketing, National Center for 
Health Marketing at CDC has developed a draft plain language thesaurus as a 
tool to provide plain language alternatives to medical and public health 
terms. There currently is a draft version that has circulated and been 
posted on some web sites but it is not an official CDC document yet.
We value your input for this project and invite you to participate in its 
development through a web-based wiki that will allow you to suggest 
additional terms, plain language synonyms, and topics to be added in future 
editions.
Please go to http://wiki.saiceemg.com/index.php/Main_Page to review the 
thesaurus and join our online community of collaborators.  To edit and 
contribute to the wiki, you will need to create an account and log in.  The 
wiki will be available through August 22, 2008. The wiki is hosted by CDC's 
contractor.
Once we evaluate the utility of this tool, we will explore ways to make it 
broadly available to the field.
Thank you for your participation.

Cynthia Baur, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Health Communication and Marketing
National Center for Health Marketing
CDC






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