Janet Ohene-Frempong, M.S.
President
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Janet Ohene-Frempong, M.S.
Janet Ohene-Frempong, president of J O Frempong & Associates, is a plain-language and cross-cultural communications consultant with over 25 years of experience in patient/provider communications.
Formerly director of the Health Literacy Project at the Health Promotion Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Ohene-Frempong has conducted workshops and provided consultation on low literacy and plain-language communication for a wide range of health information providers, including health care systems; government agencies; health insurers; medical publishers; pharmaceutical companies; professional associations; and schools of medicine, nursing, and allied health.
Ohene-Frempong is co-author of Literacy, Health and the Law: An Exploration of the Law and the Plight of Marginal Readers within the Health Care System, a monograph for health system and pharmaceutical industry administrators.
She also is co-author of Health Care for African Americans in Rethinking Ethnicity and Health Care, a discussion of the role of marginal literacy as one barrier to optimal care. She has served on several national advisory committees; and is co-founder and principal of the Clear Language Group, a consortium of nationally recognized health literacy experts.
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