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Asthma: In Plain Language

Rima E. Rudd, ScD

Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.

Emily K. Zobel, BA

Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.

Christopher H. Fanta, MD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pamela Surkan, ScM

Jacqueline Rodriguez-Louis, MPH, MEd

Boston, Massachusetts.

Yvette Valderrama

Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lawren H. Daltroy, DrPH

Robert B. Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Research Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusettes.

The Community Asthma Program was designed to increase awareness of asthma among urban residents and to bring more people into available care. Educational sessions with patients indicated that many adults struggle with the complicated demands of managing a chronic disease. At the same time, however, a good deal of the written materials meant to provide information and assistance instead make inappropriate demands on the average adult reader. The project team members developed a glossary of asthma terms to improve communication between patients and providers and to help patients understand the materials commonly used in neighborhood health centers. We report on the development of the glossary and describe formative research activities, initial dissemination efforts, and an interim evaluation. Health literacy, included in the goals and objectives for Healthy People 2010, can be improved when health materials are written in plain language and designed for the existing skills of the average U.S. adult reader.

Key Words: asthma • patient education • literacy

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 5, No. 3, 334-340 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839903257771
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