The Value of Knowing Why Health Literacy Matters (HLOL #235)
05/01/23 • 22 min
Karen Komondor RN, BSN, CCRN is passionate about health literacy. This comes from knowing why understandable health communication matters so much to her, both personally and professionally. Karen is Founder and President of Health Literacy 360, LLC. Her work includes chairing health literacy programs at an urban teaching hospital, leading health literacy training sessions, and teaching about health literacy at a university level. Karen also is active in local, regional, and national health literacy collaborations. These include Healthy Cleveland’s Health Literacy Committee, Ohio Health Literacy Partners, and the National Council to Improve Patient Safety through Health Literacy.
In this podcast, Karen Komondor talks with Helen Osborne about:
- The importance of knowing why health literacy matters to each of us.
- How this “why” can help drive commitment, action, and resilience.
- Tips for dealing with inevitable obstacles when it comes to health literacy plans and actions.
More ways to learn:
- You are welcome to email Karen at [email protected]
- Ohio Health Literacy Partners
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, “Zest and Pizzazz.”
Read a transcript of this podcast.
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Karen Komondor RN, BSN, CCRN is passionate about health literacy. This comes from knowing why understandable health communication matters so much to her, both personally and professionally. Karen is Founder and President of Health Literacy 360, LLC. Her work includes chairing health literacy programs at an urban teaching hospital, leading health literacy training sessions, and teaching about health literacy at a university level. Karen also is active in local, regional, and national health literacy collaborations. These include Healthy Cleveland’s Health Literacy Committee, Ohio Health Literacy Partners, and the National Council to Improve Patient Safety through Health Literacy.
In this podcast, Karen Komondor talks with Helen Osborne about:
- The importance of knowing why health literacy matters to each of us.
- How this “why” can help drive commitment, action, and resilience.
- Tips for dealing with inevitable obstacles when it comes to health literacy plans and actions.
More ways to learn:
- You are welcome to email Karen at [email protected]
- Ohio Health Literacy Partners
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, “Zest and Pizzazz.”
Read a transcript of this podcast.
The post The Value of Knowing Why Health Literacy Matters (HLOL #235) appeared first on Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast.
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Time Toxicity: Time that Patients Can Lose to Treatment (HLOL #234)
Christopher Booth MD, FRCPC, is a Medical Oncologist and Health Services Researcher at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. In his clinical practice, Dr. Booth provides care to patients with gastrointestinal cancers. His research explores issues of access, quality, and value of cancer care in Canada, India, and other nations. Dr. Booth is a well-published author and educator. He has received many accolades including the “2022 Exceptional Healer Award” from Kingston Health Sciences Centre for his work that embodies compassion, respect, and clinical excellence.
Dr. Christopher Booth talks with Helen Osborne about:
- “Time toxicity.” This refers to the amount of time that patients invest in their medical care. It often includes time spent traveling, waiting, having procedures, managing side effects, and interacting with the health care system.
- The importance of discussing the trade-offs of treatment benefits with patients’ use of time, especially when people are near the end of life.
- Suggestions about how to discuss this complex topic with patients and families in ways that are compassionate, clear, and understandable.
More ways to learn:
- “The Most Valuable Resource in Medicine,” FreakonomicsMD podcast, Episode #59. An interview with Dr. Christopher Booth by podcast host, Dr. Bapu Jena.
- “What really matters at the end: perspectives from a patient, a family member, and an oncologist,” by Koven R, Nelson P, Booth CP. Published in CMAJ
- “The Time Toxicity of Cancer Treatment,” by Gupta A, Eisenhauer EA, Booth CM. Published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology
- “Has the Current Oncology Value Paradigm Forgotten Patients’ Time? Too Little of a Good Thing,” by Fundytus A, Prasad V, Booth CM. Published in JAMA Oncology
- “Dr. Chris Booth: The Emperor Has No Clothes 5 à 7 Research Talks” video of a TED-style presentation from Queen’s Health Sciences.
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, “Decisions About Treatment, End-of-Life Choices, or Whether to Participate in Clinical Trials.”
Read a transcript of this podcast.
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Television Ads for Medications (HLOL #236)
Diana Zuckerman, Ph.D. is President of the National Center for Health Research, a nonprofit think tank that conducts and analyzes research on a wide range of healthcare and health policy issues. She and a team use this research to inform policies and programs that affect the health of adults and children. Among her many accomplishments, Diana Zuckerman has testified about the safety and efficacy of medical and consumer products before the U.S. Congress, federal agencies, state legislative committees, and the Canadian Parliament.
In this podcast, Diana Zuckerman talks with Helen Osborne about:
- The growing number of television advertisements in the United States for prescription medications, dietary supplements, and other health products and services.
- Federal regulations regarding these types of direct-to-consumer ads.
- Communication strategies and intentional distractions used in these ads. They include background music and engaging visuals that are inconsistent with spoken words and written warnings.
- Ways to inform others about the downside of these ads.
More ways to learn:
- National Center for Health Research
- S. Food & Drug Administration, The Bad Ad Program to report potentially false or misleading prescription drug promotion.
- S. Federal Trade Commission, Health Products Compliance Guidance
- com, and other sites to search for contraindications.
- DrugWatch, “How to Read a Drug Label”
- Citizen Petition requesting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a rule banning the use of background music during the presentation of the risks in direct to consumer drug advertising.
- Mammograms: Clearly Communicating New Guidelines, Health Literacy Out Loud podcast interview with Diana Zuckerman.
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, “General Public: Traditional Media.”
Read a transcript of this podcast.
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