Cynthia, 
 
The draft plain language thesaurus is user friendly and a terrific
resource. We struggle to find medical and health synonyms constantly.
Please be certain to let us know when it is an official document. 
 
Regards,
Marcia


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	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 6:31 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
<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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