Hi all,

I am writing to get some practical advice/opinion on the issue of  
writing for a wide audience.  I am currently assisting someone who is  
writing a manual for training community volunteers who will be helping  
with health promotion for those living with Diabetes. (Sort of like  
"promatores" or Community Health Workers).  Her target audience is  
those living in the Appalachian region of the U.S.  Both of us  
recognize that she may get volunteers who have high literacy skills.  
My concern is this: some of the synthetic estimates I have calculated  
show that literacy/health literacy rates in some parts of Appalachia  
are extraordinarily low (significantly lower than reported in the  
KY-SAAL for example).

My advice to the writer is to write at an 8th grade level and make it  
LOOK easy to read.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Ann


Ann Rathbun, Ph.D.
Department of HPES
200C Laughlin Health Bld.
Morehead State University
606-783-2464


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