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Siriraj Medical Bulletin
A Guideline of Creating
Easy-to-Understand Health
Education Materials
Leenawat Fakkheaw*, Jedsada Suwanwaree*, Yuwarat Moungngern**, Kanthika
Thintip***, Supalak Mirattanaphrai****
*Division of Health Promotion, Department Ofce of Dean, **Division of Out Patient, Department of
Nursing, Siriraj Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ***Di-
vision of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, Nonthaburi, ****Institute of Dermatology,
Department of Medical Service, Bangkok
Siriraj Medical Bulletin 2021;14(3) : 33-40
Abstract
This article is intended to provide guidelines of developing the quality of health
education materials leading to the improvement of health literacy. By applying the practice
of health information communication, in addition to international principles of health
material development into the guidelines, materials could effectively inform patients of
Siriraj Hospital and the public. Healthcare materials should be academically accurate, direct
and well designed in order to reach its maximize potential which is to inuence healthy
behaviors among the reader. The authors divided the guideline into two parts: creating
appropriate scope of content and designing information to be easy to understand. The rst part
includes analyzing the target audience, factors and determining main points and contents.
The second part includes designing central message through tailoring content, optimizing
colors, fonts, sizes, pictures and composition. Despite the fact that this article’s direct aim
is print media, a diverse channel of health communication is also suggested to follow.
Furthermore, organizations with missions involving creating the health education materials
could adopt these guidelines to provide a better and more effective health communication
between professionals and target groups.
Keywords: health education material; health literacy; health promotion.
Correspondence to: Leenawat Fakkheaw
Email: navut@outlook.com
Received: 17 February 2021
Revised: 5 May 2021
Accepted: 7 May 2021
http://dx.doi.org/10.33192/Simedbull.2021.24
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Original Article
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
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
 *,  *, **,  ***, 
****
* , ** 
,   , ***
  , ****  
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
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


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













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








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Siriraj Medical Bulletin


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













 




 











 
















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





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
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
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






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
























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








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Siriraj Medical Bulletin
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Siriraj Medical Bulletin







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