Present Biden directed all states to make all adults eligible for COVID vaccines by May 1. A major call to address health equity and access to the vaccine for all. Apparently, NYS hasn’t gotten the message. Or at least that’s what its COVID VACCINE FORM (still live as of 3-15-21) says to me. Here are 3 “bet you […]
The Commonwealth Fund reports that nearly Half of Kentucky’s Medicaid Enrollees Don’t Know About the State’s Plans for a Work Requirement. Well it took me a while but I figured out where the work requirement is hiding on the Kentucky Health website. First #1 #2 Then you have to know to click on the middle […]
Here’s an example of a fairly simple sentence that isn’t so simple unless you have the needed, underlying health literacy – health concept. Excerpt from Washington State Dept. of Health(2-17-19) If you have been exposed to measles and feel ill, stay home to help prevent the spread of the disease. Call your healthcare provider to […]
I like Hilton as far as big chain hotels go. Good beds, clean rooms, helpful staff. Good signage, nice pool and bar. But what were they thinking when they posted these checkout instructions on my room TV! “Upon” sounded better in the 18th century. “When I gaze upon your face…”“Retain” works best in the legal […]
In my post from May 31 we looked at how the vocabulary in the first two paragraphs of the GDPR explanation “What is Personal Data” was a painfully tortured linguistic mess because of rarefied vocabulary – identifiable, pseydonymised… Let’s do a linguistic audit paragraph 3. Hint – besides the vocabulary (anonymises, anonymisation) the sentence structure […]
No doubt there will be folks who look at the eclipse today without protecting their eyes. And it won’t be because they didn’t comprehend all the safety warnings. Don’t look at the sun directly. Ever 0.9th grade level Age 5.9 Don’t look directly at the sun today. 4thgrade Age 9 Don’t look directly […]
My blog and I are now at my new site – The Health Literacy Labhealthliteracylab.com Bloghttps://healthliteracylab.com/make-things-easier-read-use-color-las-new-parking-sign-really-easier-read/ See you there!christina
In the “ ever changing landscape of fear” that is life on earth, we now have ( when it breaks the Ebola media frenzy) the discovered deadly hazard regarding Takata Air Bags. It’s estimated they’re installed on roughly 8 millions cars driven in the US. One of them could your yours- mine! NHTSA ( National Highway Traffic […]
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