What does health equity mean to you in your professional and personal lives? In this episode, you'll learn 14 ways to help you find out. Health equity is still on people's minds, and I am here for it! Maybe you can define health equity. But what does it mean to you? In this episode, you'll learn […] The post 14 reflective practice prompts about health equity appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
In and beyond healthcare, American workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers–and this trend shows little signs of slowing. Employers who want to attract and retain talent are talking up their DEI strategy in order to be competitive. Here’s why communication must be part of any successful DEI strategy, and how you can get […] The post Communication must be part of any DEI strategy appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
Strong and equitable interprofessional communication is crucial. We're trying to collaborate. We're needing to communicate. We're having to coordinate within incredibly complex, overlapping systems, under unbelievable circumstances. Here are tips to help you be more equitable while managing your interprofessional communication. And there’s an infographic! It's Christmastime! In the spirit of peace on earth and good will […] The post Toward more equitable interprofessional communication appeared ...
In this episode, you’ll learn 4 strategies to help you communicate with your employees about the omicron variant, despite widespread “pandemic fatigue.” Here we go again! Omicron is here. If you're communicating with employees about omicron here are four strategies to support your communication. Hi everybody. I'm Dr. Anne Marie Liebel. This is 10 Minutes […] The post Communicating with employees about Omicron appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
Learn two ways you can enhance your knowledge about patient education and communication, while supporting this podcast series. You listen to this show, so you already know that communication is central to your ability to do your job well. You also know how much patient education matters to outcomes. This episode is about ways that you […] The post Support your professional growth (and this series)! appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
Everyone is dealing with exhaustion. So in this episode, I share 5 good reasons you can do one non-strenuous thing to promote health equity: pause. I've just been working with a great client in the health sector about diversity, justice, equity and inclusion across their organization. In this episode, I share one non-strenuous thing you […] The post Working toward health equity? 5 reasons to take a break appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
It’s still October, so we’re still celebrating Health Literacy Month! In this episode, you'll learn about one potential barrier to health literacy work that comes from within the health literacy field itself, and what you can do to get around it. It's health literacy month! If you're someone who cares about health literacy and its […] The post How does health literacy show up in real life? appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
It’s our 4th anniversary and we’re kicking off a new feature! Our first installment of “Busting some literacy myths” takes a look at the long-lived notion that literacy = reading. Learn one way this common misconception might be more accurate than it seems, and how this can help you in your practice. It's Health Literacy Month, […]
What does it mean to do health equity research? This episode look at a recent STAT news article and asks some hard questions about health equity research. Many of you who listen to this show are involved in health equity work in one way or another. And Health Communication Partners is a health equity focused […] The post Asking hard questions about health equity research appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
It seems we all know that if you want to get work done on big problems, it means collaborating. But collaboration itself takes some work. In this episode I share 4 hints I’ve given my clients about smoothing out the collaboration process. Working toward health equity means working together. Collaboration can bring its own set of […] The post Collaborating? Here’s 4 hints to help things go smoothly appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
You already have knowledge and experience about patient education. But this episode is about a few things you’ve might not have been taught–that can help you improve your patient education. When it comes to patient education, yeah you’ve got knowledge! You’ve got experience! This episode is about some things you’ve might not have been taught that […] The post 2 things you might not have been taught about patient education appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
If you’re communicating with employees about return-to-office, this episode shares three quick steps you can take to improve how you communicate about health topics. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT I’ve been watching the last couple weeks as employers are having to communicate with employees about health topics involved with return to office policies. If you or someone you […] The post 3 ways employers can improve their RTO communication appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
No matter who or where you educate, here are 7 ways you can be good to yourself and your learners as we begin the Academic Year. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Somehow, unbelievably, the new Academic Year is starting. If you're an educator in any environment--academic, non-profit, corporate, health systems, community-based organizations--here are 7 ways you can be […] The post 7 Ways to be good to yourself (and your students) this Academic Year appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
I'm currently working on a targeted vaccine communication campaign for a healthcare client. In this episode, I'll share some of what I'm learning--including what you're not likely to hear anywhere else. Because when the vaccinated are communicating with the unvaccinated, all sorts of problems can arise that no amount of data can solve. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT […] The post Help with targeted vaccine communication appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
During the pandemic, many of us turned to our pets for stress-relief and companionship. Though the worst hopefully is behind us, hundreds of thousands of people have died–and probably some you know. There is still a great deal of grieving to do. Turns out this, too, can be a chance for our pets to come […] The post How our pets can help us talk about death appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
I'm glad to welcome back to the show Pharmacist and Social Pharmacy Professor Dr. Paul Ranelli. You’ll learn how he encourages his students to see patients as experts, what you can do to improve your next conversation with a pharmacist, and why a deficit perspective on patients is balderdash! EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Pharmacists occupy a unique place […] The post Dr. Paul Ranelli talks about the patient as an expert appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
It’s our 100th episode! We’re celebrating with a look behind the scenes. And beer! Hi everybody this is Dr. Anne Marie Liebel and this is 10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication from Health Communication Partners. And it’s our 100th episode! So we’re doing things a little bit differently today. I’m here with my brother Joe, […] The post Behind the scenes at “10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication” appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
There are hundreds of resources on health communication, patient education and health literacy waiting for you at H-CPartners.com. And nearly all of them are free. Learn how to access them! EPISODE TRANSCRIPT This is episode #99 of 10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication! Thanks to you, we’re about to hit an important podcast milestone of […] The post How to access all the resources waiting for you at H-CPartners.com appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
Dr. Lachelle Dawn Weeks, MD, PhD, a Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, talks about the concept of wholeness: about clinicians showing up whole, seeing a patient as a whole person, and how wholeness makes for better patient communication. EPISODE TRANSCRIPT In today's episode, I interview Dr. Lachelle Dawn Weeks, a Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, who […] The post Dr. Lachelle Dawn Weeks discusses wholeness and physician communication appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
In this episode you'll learn some of what makes this series tick, one of the secret ingredients that makes it unique, and why you’re brave for listening to this show! This podcast series, 10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication, has passed fifty thousand downloads! What?! So in this episode you'll learn some of what makes this […] The post Why this is not your typical health communication podcast appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
What is meant by the term “health equity” is far from obvious. Particularly in research and policy, the impact of differences in the meaning of a term can be significant. Here’s six reasons why we need to keep our eye on the ball when it comes to the meaning of health equity--and concrete, practical ways […] The post 6 Reasons we should care what “health equity” means appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
The future of health communication research is speeding toward us. If you’re in health communication and you conduct research–or if your job depends on research conducted by others–this episode is for you. Health communication researchers I’ve met have been asking important questions about the future, and grappling with current limitations. Learn 5 ways to expand […] The post 5 ways to expand your health communication research toolkit appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
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. There’s some big news in health literacy, to the tune of $250 million in […] The post One way the $250M Federal health literacy grants might advance equitable communication appeared first on Health Comm...
Everyone’s talking about vaccines, and there are plenty of misconceptions to go around. In this episode we go back to the first topic in this podcast series–misconceptions. You’ll learn about: what misconceptions really are and where they come from, why embracing misconceptions can improve patient education, how misconceptions can be your secret advantage in patient education. You […] The post Revisiting Patient Misconceptions appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
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! EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Today’s episode is about health literacy, one of […] The post 11 Tips to improve patients’ health literacy Rebroadcast appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
January was a busy policy month in the US. In this episode I take a close look at one part of the Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government, and suggest an action that anyone (including federal agencies) can take when it comes to enhacing equity through policy. […] The post Putting an idea forward about the Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
This podcast series was the subject of a recent article in the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. This is cool in its own right, especially because the article is about disrupting deficit perspectives. But what’s even better is the warm reception it’s gotten from people around the health sector. Find out what the […]
Issues of trust and power relate to communication in complex ways. This is as true in the health sector as anywhere else. And more professionals are paying attention to these issues today, because of widening health disparities and the urgency of vaccine communication. Hear one physician’s stories of how he navigates trust, humility, power and […]
This episode is airing over Christmas, I know. But I wasn’t about to wait another 2 weeks to send some support to all of you doing the important work of communicating about the COVID vaccine – and other vaccines – as we close out this year. In this episode, you’ll learn 4 ways to stop […] The post Communicating about vaccines? Here’s 4 reflective practice prompts appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
Educating about bias is its own challenge. But there’s hope. In this episode, I share 5 things I have learned over the years about addressing bias with individuals, groups and organizations. If you’re responsible for leading other people in conversations about bias, this episode's for you. This episode is about educators, it’s about bias, and […] The post 5 Tips for educating about bias appeared first on Health Communication Partners.
