{"id":4135,"date":"2020-04-25T09:52:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T13:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4135"},"modified":"2020-04-25T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T13:52:03","slug":"explaining-covid-19-using-plain-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4135","title":{"rendered":"Explaining COVID-19 Using Plain Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PlainLanguage.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4136\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"elm-stories-single\">\n<p>Recent news stories related to populations\u00a0that are being hit hardest with COVID-19 have brought to light the need for information written at a reading level that is accessible to everyone, also known as plain language.<\/p>\n<p>This can be a challenge when trying to convey complex health issues and terminology at a\u00a0fifth- to eighth-grade reading level. Finding such information in another language can pose another hurdle.<\/p>\n<p>Librarians at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS\/HSL) have put together a list of resources that may help you increase the knowledge and compliance of your patients, family members, and friends during this global pandemic (the spread of a disease in every country in the world).<\/p>\n<p>You can access the resources on the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Use alt + click to follow the link\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/healthliteracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HS\/HSL&#8217;s Health Literacy subject guide<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<img alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent news stories related to populations\u00a0that are being hit hardest with COVID-19 have brought to light the need for information written at a reading level that is accessible to everyone, also known as plain language. This can be a challenge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/?p=4135\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[118,224],"class_list":["post-4135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","tag-health-literacy","tag-plain-language"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4138,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4135\/revisions\/4138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu\/hslupdates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}