Plain Talk for Pregnancy: Using Easy Words to Improve Understanding and Action
Includes a Live Web Event on 10/08/2026 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
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Learn how to choose maternal health terms that are easy to understand to promote confidence, engagement, and action among expectant mothers. In this session, participants will explore strategies to simplify confusing or technical maternal health terms and recognize how difficult words can affect understanding and health outcomes.
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe the rationale for using easy words in maternal health education improves understanding and action among expectant mothers.
- List at least 3 strategies to simplify confusing or technical maternal health terms.
HESPA III Competencies included:
7.3.3 |Entry| Tailor message(s) for the audience(s) (e.g., culturally appropriate, accessible).
Sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I contact education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours available for this session is 0. Provider ID #98029 and Activity ID DL0126040.
Katie Leath, MPH, MA
Director, Center for Health Literacy
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Katie has worked for more than a decade to bring health literacy and plain language into health care, research, and public health practice. In her role as the director of the Center for Health Literacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, she leads a talented team who make health information more accessible, understandable, and actionable by developing award-winning materials, training health professionals and students, and consulting on best practices in health literacy. Katie earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing with a minor in graphic design and holds two masters degrees in public health and in applied communication. She also serves on the board of the Center for Plain Language and as regional coordinator for the newly formed US Health Literacy Association, supporting national efforts to make information easier to understand and use.
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