Adirondack Rural Health Network

Creating Easy-to-Read Materials

• Clear & Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers
  This site contains a step-by-step guide outlining a process for developing publications for people with limited-literacy skills.
• How to Write Easy-to-Read Materials
  This site provides a comprehensive guide for developing materials for audiences who have difficulty reading or understanding information.
• Simply Put – Scientific and Technical Information
  This CDC publication helps you translate complex scientific and technical information into language that is appropriate for your intended readers. Focuses on print materials.
• Family Health and Literacy: A Guide to Easy-to-Read Health Education Materials and Web Sites for Families
  This guide developed by World Education and the National Institute for Literacy, provides resources for integrating health information and topics into family literacy programs and includes an extensive list of health topics including web sites, lessons, handouts and tutorials.
• The Health Literacy Style Manual
  Prepared for Covering Kids & Families by Maximus, this manual provides hints and suggestions for developing and improving print materials for audiences with limited literacy skills and has a special focus on government forms and documents.