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I believe I have seen your Diaper Diary and liked it very much.
However, this same Pt Ed Com rejects "poop" and "pee" on a hospital-logo
handout as being "unprofessional". They like "stool" and "urine" or "void".
Can't win for losing.
P
> We did a survey of professionals when designing the Diaper Diary to ask
> people how they referred to urine and feces when talking to parents. And
we
> also talked to parents in terms of what they understood "dirty diapers" to
> mean. Most people said "poop" and "pee" delivered the clearest message.
> That's what we went with.
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> I try to run a literacy level check on many of the materials I design for
> professionals, and I for sure do it on everything I design that is focused
> toward parents.
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> Barbara Wilson-Clay, BS, IBCLC
> Austin Lactation Associates
> LactNews Press
> www.lactnews.com
--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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