Developing and Evaluating Materials
Simply Put: A guide for creating easy-to-understand materials (PDF | 1.87 MB)CDC. Division of Communication Services.
This guide teaches people to transform complicated scientific and technical information into communication materials audiences can understand. This includes practical ways to organize information and use language and visuals.
Research and Evaluate: Overview and Methods for Measuring Health LiteracyCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
Research and evaluation are essential pieces of the health literacy improvement process and effective public health practice. This site contains tools and resources to help one determine what and how to research and evaluate.
Develop MaterialsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
This site contains resources and tips that serve as helpful tools and guides for developing a wide-array of health information online and off. Resources are designed to help health professionals ensure information, products, and services are accessible and understandable to their intended audiences.
Consumer Health ManualDHHS. NIH. NLM. National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Guidance for building and evaluating consumer health materials. Includes resources for health literacy, evaluating health Web sites, materials in other languages, and more.
Beyond the Brochure: Alternative Approaches to Effective Health Communication (PDF | 823KB)DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Available through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web site. Booklet designed to help educators identify means of providing education to low-literacy audiences that does not rely upon printed words. Includes information on adapting, developing, and testing materials.
How to Write Low Literacy MaterialsJournal of Extension, Vol 39, Number 1.
A guide to assist educators in writing low literacy text.
Tools for Evaluating Written and Audiovisual Nutrition Education MaterialsJournal of Extension, Vol 38, Number 4.
Outlines key aspects of developing guides and evaluation forms to help professionals select audience-appropriate educational materials.
Writing for a Changing World: Reaching Low Literacy Audiences with Print MaterialUniversity of Missouri.
Online article features writing tips and resources designed to help Cooperative Extension staff communicate health messages to audiences with limited literacy skills.