The Health Literacy Advisor™
System Requirements: 32-bit Microsoft Word XP/2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, or 2013
running on a Windows computer or in Windows on a Mac.
running on a Windows computer or in Windows on a Mac.
The Health Literacy Advisor (HLA) is the nation's first, only, and most powerful health literacy software tool. As a "health literacy checker," the HLA streamlines the review and simplification process by allowing users to assess the health literacy of their documents and then fix it using plain language principles.
Assess
Use one or all nine different readability indices and "grade" documents for their readability:
- Fry-Based Electronic Readability Formula
- Precise SMOG
- Gunning-Fog
- Automated Readability Index (ARI)
- Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level
- Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease
- New Dale-Chall Formula
- FORCAST Readability Formula
- Coleman-Liau Index
Fix
- Flag complicated words by health or non-health
- Find long sentences with 15 or more words
- See words with three or more syllables
- Change complicated words, medical jargon or hard to understand words with plain language alternatives
- Use one of our 12,000 plain language alternatives for simpler, easier, clearer words for consumers
- Readability level — change from 3rd to 8th grade reading level standards within seconds
The HLA Difference
- No need to cut and paste to a text box
- Ability to do work in Word
- Free Style Guide to help with design and layout
- We know our stuff! The HLA was developed by seasoned health literacy professionals who understand that clear health communication can enhance health outcomes, the Health Literacy Advisor improves health communication one word at a time