> > Our Patient Ed committee requires that all
> > materials be written on a 4th grade level: no more than two 3-syllable
> > words per 30 short sentences. The only way around this is to spell it
out
> > phonetically
>
> Isn't for-mu-la a 3 syllable word?
>      Warmly,
> Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE, craniosacral therapy
> Adjunct faculty, Union Institute and University, Maternal and Child
Health:
> Lactation Consulting
> Supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative


True. And when I go a step further to questions the parents' ability to
read & follow directions on the can of powder - that's not the hospital's
problem. And besides, it has pictures, so they don't need the words. Right?
And why do we teach these very low income mothers to use RTF formula?
And why...   but I digress. Sorry.
P



--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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