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He’s kidding,
right?
Just read this.
A Potent Case for Plain Language
So, what’s the problem?
70AHRQ….
million
12%
Total US Population (2002)
….only
of Americans
American
adults may
are capable
lack
the the
needed
of using
information
literacyneeded
skills to
effectively
use the
to make appropriate
health
decisions.
U.S.
health
system
NALS level 1 - 2
NALS level 3 - 5
Estimated from 1992 National Adult Literacy
Survey
Health Literacy. The degree to which individuals have the
capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and
services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
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It’s not what you say…..
It’s what she understands and believes
Would you show
me a teaspoon
please?
5ccs
Which is a teaspoon?
1
2 3 4 5 6 7
5ccs
ccs. 5
1
8
4 4.5 5 3.7 4.3
2 3 4 5 6 7
Font size is a no
brainer.
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psychoanalytical earcockle suey unlivably
redshirted exhibiter felon reimpose
muzjiks arithmocracy regaining unimbued
colliquation. jacket autotransfusion
cumbrance erythrin accompt observingly
consensuses reata streptobacillus.
Unrustic tubulus sheldrake
downheartedness amissible offlet
untupped hazelwood teeterer algorithms.
Coalescency heirskip thraldom.
propupa semimalignant semihard
jambolan. neostriatum clearish sparged
teeterer enfettered fidalgo barbary.
commissionship purrone jovilabe colourful
sacrament dyscrasic. pseudoviaduct
epitomical tidinesses enzymatic lutianid.
Orbitary undaub foresightless. psychoanalytical
earcockle suey unlivably redshirted exhibiter felon
reimpose muzjiks arithmocracy regaining unimbued
colliquation. jacket autotransfusion cumbrance
erythrin accompt observingly consensuses reata
streptobacillus. Unrustic tubulus sheldrake
downheartedness amissible offlet untupped
hazelwood teeterer algorithms. Coalescency
heirskip thraldom.
propupa semimalignant semihard jambolan.
neostriatum clearish sparged teeterer enfettered
fidalgo barbary. commissionship purrone jovilabe
colourful sacrament dyscrasic. pseudoviaduct
epitomical tidinesses enzymatic lutianid.
Assumption of Risk and Release
149 words
in one sentence
University of Hawai’i at Manoa Outreach College International Bridge Program (BRIDGE)
Medical Consent Form
( ) I,
, DO NOT CONSENT
to or authorize any medical doctor or dentist and others
working under their supervision to treat me for any
injury or illness.
I therefore agree to assume the risk of any injury or
damage from the lack of any medical care or treatment
and further agree to release and discharge and hold
harmless the State of Hawaii, it’s employees and agents
from and against any liability and claim or demand
arising out or in connection with said failure to provide
any medical care or treatment.
Take one tablet by mouth four times a day.
What’s a day? 24hr... 12hr?
With meals?
and the fourth meal?.
If you take the first tablet at 7:00 am, when should
you take the next one?
What about the last one of the day; when should
you take that one?
Medicare Prescription
Drug Discount Cards:
Which One Should You
Pick?
AARP The Magazine Rx Worksheet
Use the chart below to compare your drug
costs from card to card. Before you begin,
verify that the cards you’re considering are
valid in your state. If you need more room,
make copies of the blank worksheet.
• If you receive drugs through a state
Medicaid program, you are not eligible for a
Medicare-approved drug discount card.
• If you have drug coverage through
Medigap
• Card companies are allowed to change
their drug list and discount price weekly.
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90 million
Americans
would have
trouble with
this.