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Plain Language Thesaurus for Health Communications: Draft Version 3: October 2007

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  • Corporate Authors:
    National Center for Health Marketing (U.S.)
  • Description:
    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. The technical terms found in health information can be confusing. This thesaurus is a tool to help you find words that people may understand better. While the plain language choices given here may not have the specific nuances of meaning that technical terms have, they offer the possibility for better understanding by your audience. With plain language equivalents, it is more important to be understood than to be medically precise. Precise medical terminology is vital when communicating to those with a technical background. But the public often stumbles over such terms and misunderstands their meaning. This is especially a concern for people who do not speak English as their first language and those without strong reading skills. Reaching your audience–on their terms–is the main goal of plain language.
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  • Publisher:
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Genre:
    Bibliography
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • Rights:
    Public Domain
  • CIO:
    National Center for Health Communications
  • Location:
    North America
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    44 pdf pages
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