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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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healthliteracy-bounces@nifl.gov [mailto:healthliteracy-bounces@nifl.gov] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Baur, Cynthia (CDC/CCHIS/NCHM)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 30, 2008
6:31 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Health and Literacy
Discussion List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [HealthLiteracy 2205]
Request for input on draft plain languagethesaurus</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Open
invitation to listserv members and colleagues, </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The
Division of Health Communication and Marketing, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Please go to </span></font><a
href="http://wiki.saiceemg.com/index.php/Main_Page"><font face=Arial><span
lang=EN style='font-family:Arial'>http://wiki.saiceemg.com/index.php/Main_Page</span></font></a><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> 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. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Once
we evaluate the utility of this tool, we will explore ways to make it broadly
available to the field. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank
you for your participation. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cynthia
Baur, Ph.D. </span></font><br>
<font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Director, Division of Health
Communication and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Marketing</st1:PlaceName><font
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</span></font><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Health Marketing</span></font>
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