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Are you thinking about hosting a workshop? Writing health materials in plain language? Or moving forward with other health literacy plans? Do you want some help? If so, contact Helen Osborne.
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Welcome! This issue is a bit later than usual as I was on vacation the first two weeks of June. As you may know, in many parts of the US those weeks were exceptionally rainy and raw.
So instead of hiking at a National Park, I amused myself by taking photos of bugs. Here's a moth looking at me from the other side of the lodge window.
What does this have to do with health literacy? Perhaps you're excited to move forward with a new project or start planning a conference. But then you meet up with scant funding or lack of support. As health literacy advocates, our job is to make the best of these unplanned situations--perhaps rewriting just one booklet (instead of all on that topic) or hosting an hour-long (rather than all-day) workshop. The results may surprise and delight you. Sort of like photographing amazing-looking bugs when you originally planned to go on a hike.
Whatever your plans, here's what's new in Health Literacy Consulting.
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HLC How-To
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You have a lot of important health information to share. But will your intended readers really read it? You can help by setting a welcoming tone that invites readers to believe in and engage with your information. This month's How-To Tip highlights four ways to do just that.
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HLOL Podcasts
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Health Literacy Out Loud (HLOL). Listen to and learn from my audio interviews with those in the know about health literacy. New episodes include:
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HL Hero
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The Health Literacy Hero for June 2013 is HELP (Health Education Library for People) based in Mumbai, India. Founded as a modest-sized patient education resource center in 1997 by Drs. Aniruddha and Anjali Malpani, HELP is now India's largest patient education center--housing thousands of books, pamphlets, health care magazines, and audiovisuals on all aspects of health and disease.
HELP offers free public seminars in Mumbai nearly every day. HELP also provides an online resource center where users worldwide can ask health questions and search its vast medical knowledge base. Anjoo Chandiramani and her staff of librarians maintain the HELP collection. Here's the link, http://www.healthlibrary.com
HELP is just one of many worldwide efforts to improve health understanding. Please email me with your suggestions about other individuals, teams, coalitions, or organizations to honor as Health Literacy Heroes.
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HL News & Resources
|  Iconarray.com. A free, online tool to more clearly communicate numeric data. I will soon interview one of its developers, Brian ZIkmund-Fisher PhD, for a Health Literacy Out Loud podcast. Stay tuned! "Tread Lightly: Labels That Translate Calories into Walking Distance Could Induce People to Eat Less," by R Khamsi, in Scientific American on May 18, 2013. About an interesting study to communicate numeric information in meaningful ways. "Why Some Patients Aren't Following Your Instructions" by N Chesanow, in Medscape Today, May 29, 2013. A comprehensive overview about an epidemic of miscommunication. I was honored to be interviewed for this article. "Simple Tips for Creating Patient-Friendly Health Materials" by E Marcus MD, in HuffPost Healthy Living, June 13, 2013. Lots of practical tips and resources. I am delighted to be among the cited health literacy experts. |
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Until July, ~Helen |
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