Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast

[https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cliff-Coleman-MD-MPH-150x150.jpeg]Cliff Coleman, MD, MPH, is a physician and international expert in the field of health literacy. His award-winning work focuses on improving health literacy and clear communication training for healthcare professionals through systems approaches, including curriculum design and evaluation. Coleman is Professor of Family Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine and serves as Clinical Thread Director for education on health communication, professionalism, and ethics. He is the inaugural Doris and Mark Storms Endowed Chair in Compassionate Communication at OHSU’s Center for Ethics in Health Care. Coleman also chairs the OHSU Health Literacy Workgroup which aims to help OHSU become a health literate organization. In this podcast, Dr. Cliff Coleman talks with Helen Osborne about: ·      Health information equity. What it is, why it matters, who it most affects. ·      Strategies to use in everyday communication and at a policy level. ·      Why health information equity matters now, and will in years ahead. More ways to learn: ·      Health Literacy and Systemic Racism—Using Clear Communication to Reduce Health Care Inequities [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2806461?guestAccessKey=fce3b772-bd05-489e-888d-3e6dd524ccca&utm_source=jps&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author_alert-jamanetwork&utm_content=author-author_engagement&utm_term=1m], by Coleman C, Birk S, DeVoe J, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, June 26, 2023 ·      Telemedicine: Communicating About Health by Phone or 2-Way Video [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2021/03/01/telemedicine-communicating-about-health-by-phone-or-2-way-video-hlol-209/], a Health Literacy Out Loud podcast interview with Dr. Cliff Coleman ·      Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 3rd Edition [https://www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/precautions/toolkit.html], from AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) ·      National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy [https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/planact/national.html], from the CDC Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition [https://healthliteracy.com/health-literacy-from-a-to-z-third-edition-practical-ways-to-communicate-your-health-message/], by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Health Equity in the Context of Health Literacy” is especially relevant to this podcast. Read a transcript of this podcast. [https://healthliteracy.com/2024/10/04/health-information-equity-equal-access-to-information-that-is-high-quality-understandable-and-usable-hlol-252-2/] The post Health Information Equity: Equal Access to Information that is High-Quality, Understandable, and Usable (HLOL #252) [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2024/10/01/health-information-equity-equal-access-to-information-that-is-high-quality-understandable-and-usable-hlol-252/] appeared first on Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com].

[https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Cynthia-Baur-150x150.jpeg]Cynthia Baur, Ph.D., is the Endowed Chair and Director of the Horowitz Center for Health Literacy at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health. Baur is widely recognized as a health communication expert whose work focuses on improving health literacy at the individual, family, community, and organizational levels. Prior to this position, Cynthia Baur spent nearly two decades focusing on issues of health communication, health literacy, and health policy at U.S. Federal agencies including the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) where she was its Plain Language and Health Literacy Lead. In 2022, Cynthia Baur and many others worked closely with Maryland lawmakers to designate the Horowitz Center as their state’s consumer health information hub. This huge accomplishment is a shining example of creating a “health literate state,” making health literacy happen statewide. In this podcast, Cynthia Baur talks with Helen Osborne about: * The Maryland Consumer Health Information Hub. What this project is, how and why it came about. * How this Information Hub is fulfilling the vision of the U.S. National Action Plan for Health Literacy for all residents in Maryland. * Suggestions about ways to make health literacy policy a part of everyday practice. More Ways to Learn: * Maryland Consumer Health Information Hub [https://sph.umd.edu/research-impact/research-centers/horowitz-center-health-literacy/consumer-health-information-hub] * Horowitz Center for Health Literacy at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health [https://sph.umd.edu/research-impact/research-centers/horowitz-center-health-literacy] * National Action Plan for Health Literacy [https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/planact/national.html], from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services * National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2010/06/08/hlol-39-national-action-plan-to-improve-health-literacy/], a Health Literacy Out Loud podcast interview with Cynthia Baur * CDC’s Clear Communication Index [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2014/01/07/cdcs-clear-communication-index-hlol-108/], a Health Literacy Out Loud podcast interview with Cynthia Baur Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition [https://healthliteracy.com/health-literacy-from-a-to-z-third-edition-practical-ways-to-communicate-your-health-message/], by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Organizations: Health Literacy Across Programs, Companies, Communities, and Countries” is especially relevant to this podcast. Read a transcript of this podcast. [https://healthliteracy.com/2024/09/04/putting-health-literacy-policy-into-practice-how-the-maryland-consumer-health-information-hub-is-making-this-happen-hlol-251-2/] The post Putting Health Literacy Policy into Practice: How the Maryland Consumer Health Information Hub is Making This Happen (HLOL #251) [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2024/09/01/putting-health-literacy-policy-into-practice-how-the-maryland-consumer-health-information-hub-is-making-this-happen-hlol-251/] appeared first on Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com].

[https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/CroppedHeadshot-150x150.jpeg]Joana Andoh, MD, is an ophthalmology resident at The Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Andoh has a long-standing passion for both the sciences and humanities. Her interests include social determinants of diabetic retinopathy, domestic violence-related ocular injuries, and geographic healthcare disparities. Dr. Andoh is passionate about using scientific and narrative writing to elevate marginalized communities. In this podcast, Dr. Joana Andoh talks with Helen Osborne about: * Family health history. What it includes and ways that patients are asked about their family’s history including by written checklists and office conversations. * Why family history is important in diagnosis, treatment, and care. * Problems getting a complete and accurate family health history. * Examples of ways that patients, families, and clinicians can discuss and learn from histories of generational health. More ways to learn: * “The Stories We Don’t Know,” [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2804026] by Joana E. Andoh, MD. Published in JAMA, April 13, 2023. * Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition [https://healthliteracy.com/health-literacy-from-a-to-z-third-edition-practical-ways-to-communicate-your-health-message/], by Helen Osborne. Two chapters that are especially relevant to this podcast are “Patient & Family Perspective,” and “Health Equity in the Context of Health Literacy.” Read a transcript of this podcast. [https://healthliteracy.com/2024/08/06/family-health-history-the-value-of-learning-about-generational-health-hlol-250-2/] The post Family Health History: The Value of Learning about Generational Health (HLOL #250) [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2024/08/01/family-health-history-the-value-of-learning-about-generational-health-hlol-250/] appeared first on Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com].

[https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/KFSUP-150x150.jpeg]Karen Foster is the Executive Director of All Out Adventures based in Massachusetts. Prior to being appointed as its Executive Director, Karen worked for this organization as a program leader. She has also been a 9th grade history teacher and school-based program administrator. Karen is certified to teach coastal kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding, and has experience leading many other outdoor recreation programs. Beyond all these accomplishments, Karen is the former Vice President of the City Council and currently a member of the School Committee in her hometown of Northampton, MA. In this podcast, Karen Foster talks with Helen Osborne about: * Recreation can bring joy to everyone’s lives. It is a way for people of all ages and abilities to connect with their own bodies and each other. * Reasons that some people are reluctant to participate in recreation. And ways to address and help overcome this reluctance whether it comes from the individual, their family or caregiver, or the community. * Resources and suggestions to help make recreation accessible to all. More ways to learn: * All Out Adventures [https://alloutadventures.org/]: Outdoor recreation for people of all abilities * Health in Context of People’s Lives [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2024/02/01/health-in-context-of-peoples-lives-hlol-244/]. Health Literacy Out Loud podcast interview with Rear Admiral Paul Reed who talks about the importance of finding health in context of the environments in which people live, work, play, grow, and age. Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition [https://healthliteracy.com/health-literacy-from-a-to-z-third-edition-practical-ways-to-communicate-your-health-message/], by Helen Osborne. Chapters especially relevant to this podcast are “Community Connections” and “Zest and Pizzazz.” [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Helen-Karen-CRT.jpeg] Read a transcript of this podcast. [https://healthliteracy.com/2024/07/04/accessible-recreation-for-all-hlol-249-2/] The post Accessible Recreation for All (HLOL #249) [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2024/07/01/accessible-recreation-for-all-hlol-249/] appeared first on Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com].

[https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Squiers-150x150.jpeg][https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lynch.jpg]Molly Lynch, MPH, and Linda Squiers, PhD, both work within the Communication Practice Area at RTI International. Lynch has over 15 years of experience developing, implementing, and evaluating public health programs with a focus on health literacy. She now directs RTI’s Audience Engagement Research Program. This includes using human-centered design principles to engage audiences in the development of communication products and interventions. Squiers has over 30 years of experience in health communication research. She focuses on developing and testing health communication messages and interventions for print materials, videos, campaigns, and other online tools. Squiers is a Senior Health Communication Scientist at RTI. Molly Lynch and Linda Squiers talk with Helen Osborne about: * Intellectual developmental disabilities (IDD) and extreme low literacy (ELL). Why it is important to create materials specific to this audience. * Creating these materials goes beyond plain language. It also includes using evidence-based best practices that focus on behaviors, sentences, words and numbers, text layout, and visuals. * Information about a guide to help you develop materials and a tool to check how well your materials follow these guidelines. More ways to learn: * How to Develop Products for Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities and Extreme Low Literacy: A Product Development Tool [https://www.cdc.gov/ccindex/pdf/idd-ell-product-development-tool-508.pdf]. Published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). * “Building Evidence for Principles to Guide the Development of Products for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Extreme Low Literacy–A Product Development Tool.” [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37372860/] By Squiers L, Lynch MM, et al. Published in Healthcare, June 14, 2023. * The CDC Clear Communication Index [https://www.cdc.gov/ccindex/] Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition [https://healthliteracy.com/health-literacy-from-a-to-z-third-edition-practical-ways-to-communicate-your-health-message/], by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Know Your Audience: Emotions, Cognition, and Behavioral Health” is especially relevant to this podcast. Read a transcript of this podcast. [https://healthliteracy.com/2024/06/03/developing-materials-for-adults-with-intellectual-developmental-disabilities-and-extreme-low-literacy-hlol-248-2/] The post Developing Materials for Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities and Extreme Low Literacy (HLOL #248) [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com/2024/06/01/developing-materials-for-adults-with-intellectual-developmental-disabilities-and-extreme-low-literacy-hlol-248/] appeared first on Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast [https://www.healthliteracyoutloud.com].