Patient Education: Reaching Your Patients

• Health Communication Playbook: Resources to Help You Create Effective Materials (CDC)

•  Fact Sheet Design Guide (CDC)

• Health Topics A-Z: Don't re-invent the wheel! Use this tool to find free, well-written patient education info.  Example: Mpox (CDC)

• CMS Toolkit: Making Written Material Clear & Effective

• Checklist for Plain Language

• Guidelines for Creating Materials

• Guidelines for Re-Writing Materials

• Simply Put: a guide for creating easy-to-understand materials (CDC)

• Writing Tips

• Clear Communication Index Online Tool (CDC) An evidence-based tool to plan and assess communication materials.

• Guidelines for Assessing Materials

• Guidelines for Easy-to-Read Materials

• The Health Literacy Style Manual

• The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) and User’s Guide

• A Plain-Language Checklist for Reviewing Your Document

• Readability formulas - test your text for readability

• Readability Test Tool - checks web page readability

e-Health Literacy (CDC)

Health Equity Guiding Principles (CDC) For patient communications

Clear Communication (NIH)

Clear and Simple: Guide for writing audience-appropriate information (NIH)

SMART Oncology Nursing: Literacy, Goals, Coaching, and Empowerment (Article, ONS, 2022 JAN)

• Everyday Words for Public Health Communication Online Tool (CDC)

• Medical Terms in Lay Language (University of Iowa)

• Plain Language Thesaurus for Health Communications (CDC)

• University of Michigan Plain Language Dictionary