Plain language is communication your audience can understand the first time they read or hear it. Written material is in plain language if your audience can:
Medical concepts and language can be complex. People need easily understandable health information regardless of age, background or reading level. MedlinePlus offers guidelines and resources to help you create easy-to-read health materials.
The Plain Language Medical Dictionary widget is a project of the University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library as part of the Michigan Health Literacy Awareness project.
This work was supported primarily by the core budget of Group Health Research Institute. Additional support was
provided by the National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN268200425212C, "Re-Engineering the
Clinical Research Enterprise."
A systematic method to evaluate and compare the understandability and actionability of patient education materials. It is designed as a guide to help determine whether patients will be able to understand and act on information.
The Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) is a community of federal employees dedicated to the idea that citizens deserve clear communications from government.
