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Welcome! Does your health literacy journey ever feel like you are running through a row of sprinklers? At the beginning, maybe you're not sure if you really want to do this. In the middle, you have to figure out how fast or slow to go. By the end, will you be glad that you took on this challenge?
Running through sprinklers seems like a fitting metaphor for the challenges we face as health literacy advocates. My hope is that you find this journey as meaningful as its outcome. Thanks to my niece's son for showing us how. As you requested, here's What's New in Health Literacy Consulting.
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HLC How-To
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April's How-To Tip: Making Numbers Make Sense. Health information is filled with numbers. This includes concepts such as quantity, time, and risk. But patients, caregivers, and the lay public often struggle to understand and use such numbers. This month's HLC How-To Tip includes 12 +1 strategies to help make numbers make sense.
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HLOL Interviews
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Health Literacy Out Loud (HLOL). Listen to, watch, and learn from my interviews with those in the know about health literacy. New episodes include:
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HL Hero
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Mary Gynn, RN is April's Health Literacy Hero. Mary emailed me about how she is working to make health information more understandable. Here's just part of her story.
After many years working in hospitals, Mary realized that patients do not always understand what clinicians are saying. So Mary decided to take action, starting with earning an MPH degree in worldwide public and community health. Since then, Mary's health literacy efforts have included introducing nursing colleagues to health literacy, leading community health programs for the public, writing about health literacy for professional and peer-reviewed publications, and working with others to plan a statewide health literacy conference. Thanks Mary, you indeed are a Health Literacy Hero! Learn more about Mary Gynn's work at http://www.teachingforhealth.com
Who is your Health Literacy Hero? Please email suggestions about individuals, teams, or organizations to honor in this newsletter.
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HL News & Resources
|  Sometimes a dose of whimsy and creativity can help make a serious health message easier to understand. Here is a terrific video about bedbugs that does just that, "Keep the Bite Out of the Night." There also are versions in Jarai, Korean, and Spanish. Thanks to the Wake County Human Services Communicable Disease Program for letting me share this video with you. |
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Enjoy your health literacy journey!
Until May, ~Helen
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