Health Literacy: Plain Language

Quick online training sessions

From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

PDF from the CDC to help eliminate jargon and write in plain language

from the NIH

From the AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, this is a curriculum tool healthcare professionals can use to make care safer and improve their communication and teamwork skills.

An NIH initiative that focuses on achieving two key health literacy objectives: providing information in the form and with the content that is accessible to specific audiences based on cultural respect, and incorporating plain language approaches and new technologies.

A community of federal employees dedicated to the idea that citizens deserve clear communications from government.

The international association for plain language supporters and practitioners.