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Health Literacy
This page shows the latest Health Literacy news and features for those working in and with pharma, biotech and healthcare.
Neurodiversity and healthcare communications – do we know enough and do we do enough?
As an industry we have been pretty good at championing health literacy guidelines and practices, so that educational materials and resources are accessible and understandable to most. ... A critical step towards this behaviour shift was research and open
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Achieving health equity: a focused approach to redefining our medical communications efforts
What health literacy gaps exist that we need to address? Is this channel going to reach my intended audience? ... The Explore, Educate and Embrace framework can help drive tangible health equity programmes in medical communications that can improve
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A day late and a dollar short
That they prey on those who have low health literacy. That they take advantage of those who do not know better, despite the fact that Providence does. ... Rohit Khanna, MBA, MSc, MPH is the Managing Director of Catalytic Health, a leading healthcare
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Celebrating the power of knowledge on International Thalassaemia Day 2022
to support the best possible health, social and other care of patients with this disease.”. ... The federation also recognises the severe lack of disease-specific understanding and poor health literacy are more prominent in developing countries, where
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Great expectations
Or you may cite health literacy as a mitigating factor and not expectation setting as the culprit. ... And, of course, we quickly suffered from public health fatigue, which naturally impacted our behaviour.
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The mother of all nudges
And what of another favourite topic of mine, health literacy? Telling people to ‘shelter in place’ is all fine and well. ... Berkman ND, et al. Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review.
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After the wildfire: how will healthcare recover from the pandemic?
media, think tanks, Government, NGOs and pharma trade bodies, who could offer diverse points of view on the future of health. ... Current regulation around health product promotion also doesn’t support direct communication between companies marketing
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After the wildfire: how will healthcare recover from the pandemic?
Join Langland and a panel of health experts as they ask how the pandemic will change the way individuals manage their own health, how healthcare companies interact with patients, and the ... status of health literacy on the global health agenda.
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Mitigating misinformation: the importance of effective communication during a public health crisis
Health literacy principles drive all engagement, but especially with a lay audience. ... Effective communication is the same whether there’s a public health crisis or not, but during a health crisis, the stakes are higher, the consequences more
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Communicating for change – creating effective medical communications
2. When patients and their caregivers understand what they are being told (ie have a suitable degree of ‘health literacy’), they can have a more productive conversation with their HCP team, ... Health literacy is defined by the US Department of
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Mapping the patient journey: eight ways to improve support programmes
It’s not just about nudging or health psychology. It’s about the complete picture.”. ... For example, if health literacy is a challenge among your target patients, you’re not going to widen health inequalities if your programme doesn’t address
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Cuttsy+Cuttsy boosts health comms team
Bradshaw previously served as an account director at the agency, having first joined in 2014 after moving from VCCP Health. ... Caroline Benson, co-founder and director of Cuttsy Cuttsy, said: “The new positions cement Cuttsy Cuttsy's ability to
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The immunotherapy knowledge gap: keeping the patient at the heart of cancer treatment
The knowledge gap. The health information and words used to explain immunotherapies and the science behind immuno-oncology are not always well understood by patients. ... Clearly, there is still some work to be done to improve health literacy when it
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Are we losing sight of what the democratisation of healthcare really looks like?
of health literacy, are just a few of the areas that need urgent action. ... from the industry but would have a monumental impact on individuals trying to navigate their health journey.
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Trust and transparency in Pharma & healthcare: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Doctors, pharmacists, and other health experts are more trusted than life science CEOs, government leaders, and journalists.
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Cuttsy+Cuttsy gain highly regarded PIF Partner status
We are really excited to become a PIF Partner. Believing that all people should have access to reliable information, underpinned by the principles of health literacy, is ingrained into our ... The guide provides practical support for health information
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Promoting trust: Cuttsy+Cuttsy become a PIF Tick accredited agency
the principles of health literacy. ... Ensuring patients are involved in the process of developing health information is a key element in their work.
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