Table 1.
List of key literature sources
| Document Number | Document Name, Reference | Publisher or Lead Author, Year of publication or last revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suitability Assessment of Materials Guidance Document [29] | Doak, 1996 |
| 2 | The A to Z of alternative words [30] | United Kingdom Plain English Campaign, 2001 |
| 3 | Toolkit for Producing Patient Information [23] | United Kingdom Department of Health 2003 |
| 4 | Always Read the Leaflet [24] | Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency, 2005 |
| 5 | Writing about medicines for people [31] | Sless, 2006 |
| 6 | Plain English Guidelines [16] | Irish National Adult Literacy Agency, 2008 |
| 7 | How to produce an information brochure for patients and users of the healthcare system [32] | Haute Authorité de Santé, 2008 |
| 8 | Guideline on the readability of the labelling and Package Leaflet of Medicinal Products [33] | European Commission, 2009 |
| 9 | Simply Put: a guide for creating easy-to-understand materials [34] | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009 |
| 10 | Plain Language Style Guide [25] | Health Service Executive and National Adult Literacy Agency, 2009 |
| 11 | Health Literacy and Plain Language Overview [35] | National Partnership for Women and Families, 2009 |
| 12 | Federal Plain Language Guidelines [36] | Government of the United States of America, 2011 |
| 13 | Best Practice Guidance [26] | Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency, 2014 |
| 14 | Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool and User’s Guide [37] | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2014 |
| 15 | Clear Communication Index User Guide [27] | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014 |
| 16 | Making leaflets clearer for patients [17] | The Plain English Commission, 2015 |
| 17 | Everyday Words for Public Health Communication [38] | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016 |
| 18 | The GET-IT glossary [39] | Moberg, 2018 |
| 19 | How to write in Plain English [21] | Plain English United Kingdom, 2019 |
| 20 | Guidelines for creating materials [40] | Rudd, 2019 |
| 21 | Health literacy universal precautions toolkit [28] | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2020 |
| 22 | Writing Plain English [20] | Government of Australia, 2020 |