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Plain Language for the Health Field

This resource was brought to my attention again, and I figure I should share it with you this time around.

Plain Language Thesaurus For Health Communications

"This Plain Language Thesaurus has been put together by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s National Center for Health Marketing. Our aim is to help make health information clear and easy to understand.
This thesaurus offers plain language equivalents to medical terms, phrases, and references that we often use...
Key sources included
? www.pandemicflu.gov glossary
? CDC Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation glossary
? National Immunization Program Glossary
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm
? Simple Words and Phrases thesaurus at plainlanguage.gov
? Clear Language and Design (CLAD) thesaurus
http://www.eastendliteracy.on.ca/ClearLanguageAndDesign/thesaurus/
? Harvard?s three Plain Language Glossaries (one for asthma, lupus, and arthritis)."

Full post as published by Building Rapport on May 06, 2009 (boomark / email).