Thanks Michelle. I just tried it and it is working now.

The U of T Centre for Health Promotion, Health Communication Unit is a
really great site. I was in it earlier today. Thanks to all the folks at the
Centre for making their resources so accessible online.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Black" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: instruments for assessing print resources


> Greetings,
>
> The CLAD site works; I checked it because that's one of the sites I would
have
> recommended. I worked with CLAD before moving into health info, and can
> recommend the tool as a comprehensive review of how easy-to-read your
materials
> are; it also addresses how design aspects can make something more or less
> effective. There are lots of other tools that measure readability, though
they
> can be clunky to use and are more focused on grade reading level. Write me
off
> list if anyone's interested in learning more.
>
> In terms of ensuring suitability for audience, health promotion values and
so
> on, I'd also recommend a couple pieces:
>
> -  from the Centre for Health Promotion Health Communication Unit, lots of
> resources on preparing and evaluating health communication material:
> http://www.utoronto.ca/chp/hcu/hcu-publications.html#Workbooks
>
> - from the Canadian Health Network site (prepared in collaboration with
the
> above group), a checklist that tells you how to know if a health info Web
site
> is health-promoting and trustworthy:
> http://www.canadian-health-network.ca/html/help/netinfoe.html
>
> Michelle Black
>