Health Communication Partners is proud to announce that Dr. Anne Marie Liebel has been invited to deliver a keynote address to open the final day of the inaugural Southeast Health Literacy Conference. Dr. Liebel’s talk is titled “On the path to equity: Unearthing assumptions in the field of health literacy.” There are many existing and possible […]
Health Literacy & Digital Health Literacy
3 ways you can support health equity in your practice, right now
However you define health equity, we all have a stake in it. There are encouraging signs of new political and institutional will to dismantle institutionalized inequalities. People are asking what they can do as individuals. Here are 3 ways you can support health equity–you, right now. As a bonus, you’ll also be supporting our independent, equity-oriented […]
Episode #94 One way the $250M Federal health literacy grants might advance equitable communication
The Biden Administration recently announced an effort to invest $250 million to encourage COVID-19 safety and vaccination among underserved populations through health literacy grants. In this episode, learn how some of the grant requirements may forge new advances in more equitable communication. Listen here and read the transcript below. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT There’s some big news in […]
Biden Administration to invest $250 Million as health literacy grants
The health literacy field was front page news this week, as the Biden Administration announced an effort to invest $250 million to encourage COVID-19 safety and vaccination among underserved populations through health literacy grants. This new initiative is called Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19. Vice President Kamala Harris made the announcement […]
Episode #92 11 Tips to improve patients’ health literacy
Health professionals, how you write and speak affects Health Equity. That’s why health literacy is so important now. In this episode, you’ll learn 11 concrete things you can do with your very next patient or client to help with health literacy. And there’s a bonus infographic! Listen here and read the transcript below. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Today’s […]
Advancing health equity as an inside job
When it comes to health equity, professionals across the health sector are stopping and asking hard questions of ourselves. How are we as practitioners contributing to health inequities, despite our best intentions? How do our institutions unwittingly present barriers to equitable care? Health inequities don’t just happen, they’re not inevitable. They’re created and maintained, often […]