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PlainLanguage Pro (PLP) is an online, self-paced, skill-building module providing knowledge, assessment, and writing skills for implementing health literacy principles into consumer-facing health materials. The module equips professionals with plain language practices to create, evaluate, and refine effective health literacy materials that are easier for readers to understand and use. IHA strongly recommends completing the Health Literacy Specialist Certificate Communication course before taking this course.
Applying Health Literacy Standards
This course teaches how to assess materials for health literacy, including applying IHA’s patented health literacy standards throughout each key area, with activities and exercises that offer hands-on experience to apply plain language with health literacy strategies in real-world scenarios.
IHA’s “Plain Language Assessment Tool for Organizations” (PLATO™) is a patented method of improving health literacy of patient materials, developed by nationally recognized health literacy experts.
IHA’s Numeric Plain Language Assessment Tool (N-PLAT™) is the numeracy and plain language standards derived from PLATO that helps creating healthcare materials understand key principles of low literacy and plain language design.
The course features four modules, each focused on key health literacy areas:
Design Principles
- Make Information LOOK Easy To Read
- Make Information Easy To FIND and FOLLOW
- Make Information Look INTERESTING and CLEAR
Writing Principles
- Make Information Easy To Read
- Make Information Easy To Understand
- Make Information Relatable
Design & Writing Principles for Documents With Noncontinuous Text
- Tables
- Forms and Diaries
- Graphs
- Maps
Numeracy Principles
- Make Numbers Clear
- Make Numbers Meaningful
Upon finishing the module, participants earn Continuing Education Credits and a Certificate.