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Tag Archives: health literacy
New Health Communication Digest released
The December issue of Health Communication Science Digest is now available including stories on emerging ideas on health literacy, health communication evaluation and research, health message design and delivery, and new media intervention designs and/or outcomes. Read the complete Digest here.
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Tagged CDC, health communication, health literacy, social media
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CDC’s health literacy blog
Interested in health literacy? Visit the CDC’s blog, Bridging the Health Literacy Gap and join the discussion!
May’s Health Communication Science Digest now available!
This month in Health Communication Science Digest, find out more about: Effective health communication interventions Health marketing strategies Health information use, online and through social media Health literacy Health message design and presentation Read the complete Digest here.
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Tagged communication, consumer health, health literacy, social media
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Videonovela helps educate Spanish-speaking patients with type 2 diabetes
AHRQ has launched Aprende a vivir, a Spanish-language videonovela in 3 episodes. Its entertaining style helps educate people with type 2 diabetes about medication adherence, food choices, and better communication with clinicians. For the podcast or transcript, go to: http://healthcare411.ahrq.gov/radiocastSeg.aspx?id=1277&type=seg.
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Tagged AHRQ, consumer health, health communication, health literacy
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Saying goodbye to Mind the Science Gap
This week marks the last week of posts for the School of Public Health blog, Mind the Science Gap. Read the students’ reflections on their experience and go back to read previous posts. And, as always, please comment! Mind the … Continue reading
AHRQ’s Research Activities – Chronic disease and more
The March issue of Research Activities, a digest of research findings produced with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is now out. Among the topics covered are chronic disease (hypertenison, Hepatitis C), health care costs and financing … Continue reading
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Tagged AHRQ, emergency medicine, health care quality, health disparities, health literacy, research, utilization
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Toma las riendas! Live chat in Spanish Dec. 7
AHRQ’s month-long effort to raise awareness of AHRQ’s Spanish-language Effective Health Care Program consumer materials and health professional resources among Hispanic consumers and clinicians who serve Hispanic patients continues. On Wednesday, December 7, 2011, from 2-3:00 (ET), the Agency for … Continue reading
DHHS Health literacy twitter chat–Today @ 2pm
Please join @healthfinder, @HealthLitMo, @HRSAgov, and others in a Twitter chat about how we can better communicate and promote prevention today, October 20, 2011, at 2 p.m. EST, using the hashtag: #healthlit. We hope to gather valuable insights on the … Continue reading
3rd Health Literacy Annual Research Conference
The Health Literacy Annual Research Conference is an interdisciplinary meeting for investigators dedicated to health literacy research, co-funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and other National … Continue reading
New resources for cultural & linguistic competence
The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) has updated their Health Care Innovations Exchange. There’s a new page, Honing Cultural and Linguistic Competence, that features innovative programs and quality tools for improving cultural and linguistic competence as well as reducing … Continue reading
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Tagged health behavior, health disparities, health literacy, research
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