Matt,

Congratulations on making a real effort to reach out to low literate
patients!

A quick look at the patient information brought two things to mind.  One is
that the print font is san serif which is not as easy to read for a low
literate person than a serif font.  Secondly, the readability level is that
of a seventh grade plus.  I would rewrite this to make it on a fourth or
fifth grade readability at most.  You might want to have an adult education
class take a look at the information to see if it is clear to them.

All the best!

Sarah Beaman-Jones

On 6/23/08 1:43 PM, "Matt Gayer" <mcggayer at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


> Colleagues,

>   

>   We just developed a health literacy portion on our website for the Jefferson

> County Health Department.  This is one of the first steps in the first effort

> to improve health literacy in our county, and to serve as positive models and

> resources for other counties to follow. I would greatly appreciate it if you

> could take the time to view the health literacy portion that I just developed

> and provide any and all positive or negative feedback concerning the site.

> The link will take you to the health literacy homepage of our website, with

> links on the left to our health literacy page for patients, providers, and

> public health professionals, as well as a resource page.  I hope this site can

> serve as a resource to you and I look forward to hearing your comments

> regarding the health literacy site.  The website is:

>   

> http://www.jeffcohealth.org/healthed/healthed_healthliteracy.aspx

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> Thank you,

>   

> Matt

> 

> 

> Matt Gayer

> Community Health Intern

> Jefferson County Health Department

> 1818 Lonedell Drive

> Arnold, Missouri, 63010

> Work Phone 636-282-1010

> Cell Phone 636-232-4703

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