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.html


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<mailto: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
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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<http://www.albemarlehealth.org>

Albemarle Health
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