Fall fashion is the best fashion. But there’s another seasonal trend none of us wants to participate in. COVID was in the news again, as the fall transmission season started earlier than anticipated. Here’s some tips and encouragement for you when talking with people about getting vaxxed or boosted, again. The fall COVID season arrived […]
Health Communication
Episode 184 “What are we doing to be trustworthy?”
Tips on what not to say when you’re thinking about trust. Trust in health care and public health captured a lot of attention during the pandemic, and it’s still going strong. When it comes to communication and patient education, there are things we can do related to trust, and I’m going to share a few […]
7 ways HCP can help you
We’re celebrating 7 years of H-CPartners.com! Since August of 2017, HCP has been bringing you original and exclusive resources every week to improve your communication and education processes. We help people and organizations to build equity into their core functions. We do this through quality improvement focused on communication and education with diverse groups. Here are 7 ways HCP […]
Episode 182 Finally, an episode about listening
It’s our long-overdue episode devoted to listening. I read from Professor Katherine Schultz’s book on listening, and we do a quick exercise to help you think about improving your listening. Maybe you are working on trying to reduce avoidable health inequalities. Or maybe you want to try to promote a more welcoming work environment. Or […]
Health Communication Hub
Welcome to the Health Communication Hub from Health Communication Partners A central place where you’ll find our top health communication resources Our exclusive BRIDGES approach connects equity to communication in an actionable way to reduce health disparities. I have spent years helping some of the world’s top health organizations improve communication practices to meet the […]
Episode 179 “How do I talk to you?” Three ways to strengthen your patient communication
A nurse educator shared a question that was on her students’ minds as they approached patients: “How do I talk to you?” Learn three ways to improve your patient communication. How do I talk to you? A question like that is probably on a lot of our minds when we’re going into an important conversation. […]