New Clinicians & Health Literacy: Putting Classroom Learning into Everyday Practice (HLOL #215)

09/01/21 • 23 min

Joi R. Canton MSN, RN, NPD-BC is a nurse and Manager of Community Outreach in Boca Raton, Florida. In addition to many years in clinical practice, Canton brings experience as a clinical educator, clinical instructor, nurse leader, and preceptor/mentor for novice nurses.

In this podcast, Joi Canton talks with Helen Osborne about:

Why it can be a challenge for new professionals to address health literacy in their clinical practice.
How seasoned clinicians can build on “moments of learning” for staff.
What listeners at all levels can do to help in their own settings, disciplines, and areas of practice.

More Ways to Learn:

Join organizations that are geared towards enhancing health literacy such as: https://betterhealthinfo.org/
Use educational formats such as: https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/index.htm
Learn about the journey to become a health literate organization, at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5666686/

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In this podcast, Joi Canton talks with Helen Osborne about:

Why it can be a challenge for new professionals to address health literacy in their clinical practice.
How seasoned clinicians can build on “moments of learning” for staff.
What listeners at all levels can do to help in their own settings, disciplines, and areas of practice.

More Ways to Learn:

Join organizations that are geared towards enhancing health literacy such as: https://betterhealthinfo.org/
Use educational formats such as: https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/index.htm
Learn about the journey to become a health literate organization, at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5666686/

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Previous Episode

Biologic Sex, Gender Identity and Expression, and Other Issues to Consider When Communicating About Health (HLOL #214)

Jaime Collins describes herself as a passionately curious woman with a deep love of humanity. Collins says that it was through a life-long journey of self-discovery that she learned and unlearned the societal dictates that for years had kept her imprisoned in a gender that wasn’t hers. Eventually Collins learned to love and accept herself and at 52 years old, came out as transgender. In addition to her career as a healthcare marketing and communications professional Collins is a wife, parent, grandparent, athlete, entrepreneur, and steadfast advocate for the LGBTQIA community.

In this podcast, Jamie Collins and Helen Osborne talk about:

Meaning of the acronym, LGBTQIA. Commonly used to refer to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, intersex, and asexual and/or ally.
Another important acronym is SOGIE. This is about the spectrum of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.
Why all these issues matter in health communication.
Ways that organizations and individuals can be more welcoming, inclusive, culturally competent, and equitable.

More ways to learn:

2015 U.S. Transgender Survey
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Delaware Journal of Public Health – LGBTQ+ Health
Trevor Project National Survey on LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health 2021
“Communicating About Health with LGBTQ Youth (HLOL #136),” an interview with Ralph Vetters, MD, MPH

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Second Edition (updated 2018), by Helen Osborne. Especially relevant to this podcast are the chapters about knowing your audience.

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Plain Language Summaries of Research Studies (HLOL #216)

Maureen Maurer brings a strong background in health behavior and health education. Her work focuses on engaging patients, families, and community members in health research, health care delivery, and health policy. Maurer, a principal researcher at the American Institutes for Research, directs a research support project for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) called the PCOR Translation Center. This center supports PCORI’s commitment to ensuring that research findings are comprehensible and useful to patients, clinicians, and others making healthcare decisions.

In this podcast, Maureen Maurer talks with Helen Osborne about:

Plain language summaries of research studies: What they are, who they are for, how they help.
Examples and lessons learned from writing 300+ plain language summaries. These include using a conversational tone, organizing information in a logical way, balancing the needs of scientists and readers, getting feedback from the intended audience.
A look ahead to how plain language summaries can help move toward more equitable and inclusive approach to science and health information.

More ways to learn:

Maurer M, Siegel JE, Firminger KB, Lowers J, Dutta T, Chang JS. (2021). “Lessons Learned from Developing Plain Language Summaries of Research Studies,” HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice.
PCORI’s Portfolio of Funded Projects. Includes links to plain language studies along with professional abstracts.
For more information, email Maureen Maurer at [email protected]

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Second Edition (updated 2018), by Helen Osborne. The chapter about plain language is especially relevant to this podcast.

Disclaimer: The views in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Patient- Centered Outcomes Research Institute, its Board of Governors, or its Methodology Committee. Under contract to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Translation Center is managed by the American Institutes for Research.

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