Health Communication in Context of Each Person’s Life (HLOL #224)

06/01/22 • 20 min

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Christine Wilson has focused on health communication throughout her career. Her experience includes being Vice President for Marketing and Communications at Fox Chase Cancer, Vice President for Communications at the American Association for Cancer Research, and now Vice President for Advocacy Communications at the National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF). Wilson brings in the patient’s voice and narrative to make complex medical and scientific concepts understandable and meaningful.

In this podcast, Christine Wilson talks with Helen Osborne about:

Health literacy is about understanding what is important to each person when giving and sharing health information.
Communication needs can change over time such as when getting a new diagnosis, being in treatment, and living with a medical condition.
Necessary skills include actively listening, asking critical questions, and having systems that allow sufficient time for good communication.

More ways to learn:

“Can We Redefine Health Literacy?” by Christine Wilson. Published April 15, 2022, from NPAF
National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF)
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. Many chapters address what health literacy is, who it affects, and ways to communicate more clearly.

Read a transcript of this podcast.

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In this podcast, Christine Wilson talks with Helen Osborne about:

Health literacy is about understanding what is important to each person when giving and sharing health information.
Communication needs can change over time such as when getting a new diagnosis, being in treatment, and living with a medical condition.
Necessary skills include actively listening, asking critical questions, and having systems that allow sufficient time for good communication.

More ways to learn:

“Can We Redefine Health Literacy?” by Christine Wilson. Published April 15, 2022, from NPAF
National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF)
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)

Read a transcript of this podcast.

The post Health Communication in Context of Each Person’s Life (HLOL #224) appeared first on Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast.

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Blood Testing: What Is Learned in the Lab (HLOL #223)

Parul Bhargava, MD is Professor & Vice-Chair of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is a pathologist with subspecialty training in hematology. Dr. Bhargava describes herself as passionate about medical education and has authored or edited numerous academic publications.

In this podcast, Dr. Bhargava talks with Helen Osborne about:

Diagnostic testing, laboratory medicine, pathology. How blood is like sap from a tree that flows to nearly every part of the body.
What happens in the lab after patients have blood drawn. How blood tests help scientists learn more about a patient’s diagnosis, prognosis, treatment options, and treatment response.
Ways to communicate to patients and the public about the vital function of blood and importance of blood tests.

More ways to learn:

The Blood Project: Bringing Blood to Life. A website for practicing physicians, medical trainees, health professionals, and everyone curious about blood.
Talking about Blood: What does it mean to be a hematopathologist? Podcast interview with Dr. Parul Bhargava on The Blood Project.
Making Lab Test Results More Meaningful. A Health Literacy Out Loud podcast interview with Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD.
UCSF Health: Clinical Labs

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. Especially relevant to this podcast is the chapter, “Community Connections.”

Read a transcript of this podcast.

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Live Virtual Group Patient Education: Creating Content, Delivering Sessions, and Meeting Needs (HLOL #225)

Tedi Brash and Melissa Yan are based in Toronto, Canada. They, along with Rashmi Bhide, are authors of the terrific how-to resource, “A Guide to Developing Live Virtual Group Patient Education: Nine Steps to Success.”

Brash is a Patient and Family Education Specialist at Unity Health Toronto. She works with clinical teams, patients, and families to create and curate quality, easy-to-understand health resources. Brash has a keen interest in digital education with a particular focus on content creation and program delivery in the virtual environment.

Yan is the Patient Learning and Development Coordinator at the University Health Network in Toronto. She plans, tests, and evaluates patient education programming and supports clinical teams and health care providers to develop effective patient education resources.

In this podcast, Brash and Yan talk with Helen Osborne about:

Live virtual group patient education. This refers to synchronous learning and teaching that is done online with more than one person at a time.
Examples of ways to create, run, and evaluate these types of programs.
Tips and strategies for using this type of teaching in many settings including at health facilities, public health programs, and in the community.

More ways to learn: