Creating Materials to Meet Urgent Health Needs (HLOL #201)

Iris Feinberg, PhD is the Associate Director of the Adult Literacy Research Center at Georgia State University. She is a health literacy researcher and research assistant professor in the Department of Learning Sciences. Dr. Feinberg and a team created the easy-to-read booklet about COVID-19, “Answers to Coronavirus Questions.” In this podcast, Iris Feinberg talks with Helen Osborne […]

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Iris Feinberg, PhD is the Associate Director of the Adult Literacy Research Center at Georgia State University. She is a health literacy researcher and research assistant professor in the Department of Learning Sciences. Dr. Feinberg and a team created the easy-to-read booklet about COVID-19, “Answers to Coronavirus Questions.”

In this podcast, Iris Feinberg talks with Helen Osborne about:

Communicating about an urgent medical matter in ways that meet the cultural, linguistic, and literacy needs of a very diverse audience.
Refuting myths and explaining truths in an era of rampant misinformation.
Creating an effective booklet by working closely with the community, using principles of plain language, and incorporating health literacy strategies throughout.

More ways to learn:

“Answers to Coronavirus Questions”
Adult Literacy Research Center, College of Education & Human Development, Georgia State University.
Health Literacy Discussion List
IHA: The Health Literacy Solutions Center, COVID-19 Materials

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Second Edition (updated 2018), by Helen Osborne. Especially relevant to this podcast is Chapter 21 that focuses on “Know Your Audience: Literacy.”

Read the transcript of this podcast

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