“COVID-19 has public health and medical workers in a constant state of response,” as HCP friend (and podcast guest) Samantha Cinnick of the deBeaumont Foundation said in a tweet earlier this week. These are extraordinarily challenging times. Health professionals are often expected to be super-human. And these are heavy loads you’re carrying, in many ways. So […]
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Supporting reflection and action in the health sector
This is a time for reflection and action. As individuals, and collectively in our organizations and institutions. Health Communication Partners can provide support. Listen here, or read the transcript below. Today, perhaps more than ever, professionals across the health sector are stopping and asking hard questions of ourselves. About what we do, what we take […]
20 Ways to help address health disparities
Examining and addressing racism, discrimination, and social inequalities as root causes of health disparities has become an important goal for many in the health care community. This is slow and difficult work. It can be threatening to acknowledge that we live and participate in networks and systems geared to work better for some than for […]
Free on-demand webinar! Writing for the public: the Building BRIDGES approach
I’m proud to offer you another FREE on-demand webinar, via Train.org, thanks to Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, and the Region 2 Public Health Training Center. “Writing for the Public: The Building BRIDGES Approach” Click here to access webinar Today more than ever, we recognize the importance of health related messages to the public’s health. […]
How Freire can help with communication about COVID-19
The world is facing an unprecedented health crisis. With that, comes the urgent need for effective education about this health crisis. If you’re a health professional, educating patients or the public, this is for you. I’m going to tell you one thing you can do—one important change you can make right now—that will improve how […]
Dr. Beverly Zavaleta talks about how getting cancer changed her approach to patients
When this physician was diagnosed with cancer, she confronted her assumptions about patients, communication, and education. Board-certified family physician Dr. Beverly Zavaleta tells us what happened, and how it changed her practice. Listen below, or read the transcript. At Health Communication Partners, we work quite a lot with communication between patients and clinicians. But what happens […]