How does your organization review health education materials?

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Permalink Reply by Steven Clyburn on April 23, 2010 at 7:18am

About 30 years ago I led a contractor team that developed a health education materials assessment manual for CDC. Will try to find the thing--it was a Government Printing Office best seller (20,000 copies). Main points were (1) health professional review for accuracy and currency, (2) language appropriate to the target group [including idiom], (3) clear explanation of actions the reader needs to take, (4) attention to reading level [Microsoft Word reading statistics are great for this] and (5) distribution plan. Also, you can find quite a bit of guidance if you google "how to review health education material."

Permalink Reply by Heather Heater on April 23, 2010 at 6:09pm

Thanks Steven!

Permalink Reply by Lyell Collins on May 28, 2010 at 10:03am

Hello Heather,

I manage the HIV Prevention Program for the State of Nevada and our policies for educational materials is simple. We follow the CDC's written materials protocols, so when an agency that receives funding from my program develops wirtten educational materials, they go through a committee approval process as part of the Community Planning Groups. It is my understanding that educational materials that are purchased from approved vendors, such as ETR Associates are not required to go through the approval process.

I hope my response helped!

Lyell S. Collins, MBA (Ph.D. Candidate)

Permalink Reply by Heather Heater on June 3, 2010 at 4:19pm

Lyell,

Thanks for the info -- can you post a link to those CDC protocols? That would be really helpful. Do they specifically address ways to form community planning groups as well? You mention approved vendors, are those vendors your organization has approved? Do you have a specific policy and procedure for how vendors are approved as well?

Thanks so much!

-Heather