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  • Health Literacy Month
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#PlainPledge®

For the 13th annual #PlainPledge, we’re giving the campaign a new twist. Health professionals and health professions students can add their pledge to our virtual Jargon Jar by choosing one jargon word or phrase they will replace with plain language.

Put your #PlainPledge in the Jargon Jar

Clear communication starts with the words we choose. This Health Literacy Month, choose one jargon word or phrase you will stop using and tell us what you will say instead. Add your pledge to our virtual Jargon Jar and see what others are pledging to replace with clearer language.

Add Your #PlainPledge

Taken the #PlainPledge before?

Choose another jargon word or phrase to replace with plain language this year.

See what’s in the Jargon Jar

See what words other health professionals are pledging to replace with plain language.

“Provider”
I’ll say “doctor” instead.
Katie — UAMS Center for Health Literacy, Little Rock, Arkansas

Clear communication goes beyond jargon.

The UAMS Center for Health Literacy helps organizations make health information easier to understand and use.

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