ADA PUBLICATIONS
HEALTH EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
TIP SHEETS, FILLABLE FORMS, AND GUIDEBOOKS
I have performed production and design tasks with Kaiser Permanente’s Health Engagement Consulting Services (HECS), a group of writers, graphic designers, and health consultants. I also create page layouts for health-related guidebooks and tip sheets in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator for both print and digital seen by millions of Kaiser patients, giving everyone access to important information with ADA compliant PDF documents.
Example 1 - TIP SHEET
Getting to Know Kaiser: A Young Adult's Guide redesign–I selected a new age-appropriate photograph, redrew icons where necessary, and used ADA compliant colors and typography. I chose to keep color to a minimum and used the company color (blue) throughout, focusing on content with typography and iconography. I believe in keeping the layout simple and only using color when really necessary because color can be a distraction or often isn't ADA compliant for site-impaired individuals. All patient-facing documents are made to be ADA compliant.
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New layout and color conforms to branding guidelines and ADA requirements.
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Custom icons made in Adobe Illustrator
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ADA logical reading order (top to bottom) prioritized in InDesign for the site impaired.
Example 2 - TIP SHEET
Your Hospital Stay: an MS Word table was imported and simplified to make bullet points with simple icons that help viewer intuitively understand and remember the health message.
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Simple, clean, modern layout and icons.
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Simple blue and white, high-contrast graphics and text for maximum legibility.​
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Subject-appropriate images chosen for the tip sheet.
Example 3 - TIP SHEET
Colonoscopy Preparation: Color is kept to a minimum (two colors), orange color guides the eye along to main topics. Information imported as a table from MS Word, cell borders removed, and shading is used instead to subtly define sections of text. Cell borders, when used, are thicker at the perimeter to help quickly define boundaries, interior cell weights are thinnest to reduce monotony for the eye.
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Simple, clean, modern layout and icons.
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Simple green monochrome color chosen from company style guide.​
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Green shading subtly defines text areas, table cells kept to a minimum.​
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Example 4 - TIP SHEET
Strength Training: Completely redesigned tip sheet.
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People figures redrawn in Adobe Illustrator.
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Blue color theme and some subtle color used so as not to distract from the message.​
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Document fully ADA compliant with font and InDesign accessibility tools.​
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Consultant and the medical team was extremely happy with the final result.​
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Original black and white layout
Original black and white raster image
Redrawn in Adobe Illustrator
Example 5 - FILLABLE FORM
Kaiser Northern California Pain Medication Questionaire: Fillable form with text fields, radio buttons (choice), and check boxes (check all that apply) fit into a very tight two-page layout.
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ADA compliant fillable form done completely in InDesign and exported to an ADA-ready PDF.
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Challenging one page (two sided) fillable form fits a lot of information onto a page.
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