Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g29741u27025; Sat, 9 Mar 2002 02:04:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 02:04:01 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20020309070129.4608.qmail@earthlink.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Christine Johnson" <oontwallah@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3609] Re: Writing and Designing Guide - free copies X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 3179 Lines: 68 Thank you. I would love to receive the first and second edition. Please e-mail me at oontwallah@earthlink.net and let me know what information you need from me. Thank you for this and for your work. Chris Johnson -----Original Message----- From: Jeanne McGee <jmcgee@pacifier.com> Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 17:36:06 -0500 (EST) To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3608] Writing and Designing Guide - free copies available, second edition in Re: Hello everyone, Re: Re: Three years ago, I wrote a manual of practical advice, examples, and Re: resources to help people create culturally-appropriate information Re: materials for low literacy audiences. I wrote it with help, advice, and Re: examples from many individuals and organizations, including a number of Re: people who participate on this list serv. My work was supported by a Re: contract from the Health Care Financing Administration (now known as Re: CMS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services). The full title of Re: this 316-page manual is Writing and Designing Print Materials for Re: Beneficiaries: A Guide for State Medicaid Agencies (HCFA publication Re: number 10145, October, 1999). It includes a six-step model for Re: developing and testing print materials, as well as guidelines for Re: writing, graphic design, and language translation. It features a Re: detailed Checklist for assessing features that affect the suitability Re: and effectiveness of print materials for audiences in general, and those Re: with low literacy skills and cultural diversity in particular. When the Re: Writing and Designing Guide was first published, the government sent Re: copies to many federal and state agencies. CMS also sends copies to Re: others on request, at no charge. Re: Re: I’m delighted to announce that CMS has asked me to create a second Re: edition of this Writing and Designing Guide, to be released in summer Re: 2003. I am changing the emphasis from Medicaid to explicitly address a Re: broader audience, including Medicare and SCHIP (State Children’s Health Re: Insurance Program). I have started to update the resources and expand Re: the manual to include some new topics. Re: Re: If you have used the Writing and Designing Guide, I am eager to get your Re: feedback. I welcome your suggestions for improvement, ideas about Re: examples to include in the next edition, and suggestions about others I Re: should contact. I would also love to know about organizations, projects, Re: publications, websites, and other resources to include in the updated Re: chapter on resources. If you have never seen the guide, you can still Re: get a free copy, since there are some left from the second printing done Re: last year. To get an order form, just call me or send an email. Also, Re: please contact me if you would like to be on the list to receive a copy Re: of the second edition when it is printed. Re: Re: With thanks for your feedback and help, Re: Jeanne Re: Re: Jeanne McGee, PhD Re: McGee & Evers Consulting, Inc. Re: 1924 NW 111th Street Re: Vancouver, WA 98685 Re: Phone (360) 574-4744 Re: jmcgee @pacifier.com Re: Re: Re: --
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