Extended Abstract: Plain Language in Text and Talk: Community Health Outreach and the Opioid Addiction Crisis

This presentation reports findings from an exploratory study that investigates whether an adapted plain-language framework can provide guidance for both textual and verbal communication in health literacy contexts. I offer a preliminary model for extending plain language-particularly in mental healt...

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Main Author: Dreher, Kira
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation models
Community outreach
Conferences
Context modeling
Guidelines
health literacies
Organizations
plain language
Writing
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Summary:This presentation reports findings from an exploratory study that investigates whether an adapted plain-language framework can provide guidance for both textual and verbal communication in health literacy contexts. I offer a preliminary model for extending plain language-particularly in mental health community outreach, but potentially other contexts, as well-to encompass text, talk, and other field-specific ethical communication strategies.
ISSN:2158-1002
DOI:10.1109/ProComm.2018.00036