CDC clear communication index : a tool for developing and assessing CDC public communication products : user guide

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Office of the Associate Director for Communication.
• Description:
  The Clear Communication Index (Index) provides a set of research-based criteria to develop and assess public communication products. The Index supports the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to comply with the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and achieve goals set forth in the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy and the CDC Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy.
  
  The 20 items in the Index build on and expand plain language techniques described in the Federal Plain Language Guidelines. The research that supports the use of the 20 Index items is available at www.cdc.gov/ccindex.
  
  CS309804-A
  
  ClearCommUserGuide.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Authorship Health Communication Health Literacy Writing
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  32 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/103706/cdc_103706_DS1.pdf
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