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Using the Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit to Improve the Quality of Patient Materials
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patient materials often written reading level adults tool 11 health literacy universal precautions toolkit design easytoread material provides guidance ensuring written patient materials easy understand part pragmatic demonstration toolkit examined four primary care practices implemented tool 11 whether written materials improved result conducted interviews learn practices implementation activities assessed readability understandability actionability patient education materials collected pre postimplementation site visits interview data indicated practices followed many action steps recommended tool 11 including training staff assessing readability developing revising materials typically focusing brief documents patient letters information sheets many revised newly developed documents reading levels appropriate patients andin case revised documentsbetter readability original materials contrast readability understandability actionability lengthier patient education materials poor improve 6month implementation period findings guided revisions tool 11 highlighted importance engaging multiple stakeholders improving quality patient materials