ITHS CORT: Introduction to health literacy & plain language in the research context

Presenter:

Jessica Ridpath
ITHS Community Outreach and Research Translation (CORT) and Group HealthCenter for Health Studies

Overview:

• An overview of the nation's health literacy crisis and how it affects health care costs, quality, safety, and effectiveness
• A brief description of Project to Review and Improve Study Materials (PRISM), an initiative to improve the readability of print materials provided to research participants
• Examples of using plain language to convey health and research information
• Strategies and resources to help researchers create easy-to-read consent forms and other participant materials