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KMID : 1040120160020040152
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Evidence and Values in Healthcare
2016 Volume.2 No. 4 p.152 ~ p.156
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Plain languge use in dissemination of health technology assessment to
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Park Jeong-Eun
Choi Mi-Young
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Abstract
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Objectives: The aim of the paper is to review the current trend in provision of information for the public written in plain language in major health technology assessment bodies.
Methods: We searched health technology assessment (HTA) agencies and relevant government organizations’ web sites for plain language use in disseminating study results and guidelines.
Results: We searched publications from the Cochrane Collaboration, GRADE (The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) working group, U.S. Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF) and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The Cochrane Collaboration publishes every review with plain language summary in addition to conventional scientific abstracts. The authors of the Cochrane reviews are required to follow ‘the Standards for the reporting of Plain Language Summaries’. GRADE working group has developed the principles for writing narrative description for evidence level, and will apply this to the software program, GRADEpro. USPSTF provides ‘the Consumer fact sheets’ along with full recommendations, following the Plain Language Writing Act of 2010 in the United States. NICE also publishes the ‘Information for the public’, and not only members of guideline development groups, but professional editors working at NICE and patients participate in the report writing process.
Conclusion: Major HTA agencies abroad provide information on their reports written in plain language for the public. In doing so, they have developed principles of writing plain language information and standardized writing processes.
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KEYWORD
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Consumer health information, Health technology assessment, Information dissemination, Plain language
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