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"Healthwise(R) for Life" Illustrations Recognized by Association of Medical Illustrators
Clear Illustrations and Plain-Language Writing Help Improve Health Literacy
| Source: Healthwise
BOISE, ID--(Marketwire - September 12, 2007) - "Healthwise for Life," a self-care guide for
people age 50 and older, has won an Association of Medical Illustrators
certificate of merit for its medical illustrations. Healthwise's unique
visual content style combines contour, tone, and color to help people make
better health decisions.
"Healthwise has been publishing self-care guides since 1975," said Molly
Mettler, MSW, Healthwise senior vice president and co-author of the book.
"Our new 7th edition 'Healthwise for Life' has a brand-new look -- full of
color. And the new illustrations really help people understand and use the
self-care information in the book."
The Association of Medical Illustrators reviews and recognizes bodies of
visual work that not only are unique and anatomically and procedurally
accurate but that also support the related written content and have
artistic value. "Healthwise for Life" medical illustrators follow key
principles of visual theory to help people quickly understand the images.
These principles help ensure that Healthwise illustrations support the
company's focus on plain-language, easy-to-understand materials.
The Healthwise family of self-care guides -- "Healthwise Handbook,"
"Healthwise for Life," and "La salud en casa: Guía práctica de Healthwise"
-- have been recently redesigned, reorganized, and produced in full color.
The printed self-care books also include Go-to-Web codes that point people
to more in-depth information online. Through the years, Healthwise
publications have won numerous national awards including National Health
Information Awards and National Mature Media Awards.
About Healthwise
Healthwise is a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make
better health decisions. Nearly 100 million times a year, people turn to
Healthwise information to learn how to do more for themselves, ask for the
care they need, and say "no" to the care they don't need. Healthwise
partners with health plans, hospitals, disease management companies, and
health Web sites to provide up-to-date, evidence-based information to the
people they serve. To learn more about the Healthwise Information Therapy
(Ix®) Solution, visit www.healthwise.org or call 1.800.706.9646.
Healthwise, Healthwise for every health decision, and the Healthwise logo
are trademarks of Healthwise, Incorporated.
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