Latest Hlol Podcast Episodes
Developing Materials for Adults with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities and Extreme Low Literacy (HLOL #248)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - June 01, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMolly Lynch, MPH, and Linda Squiers, PhD, both work within the Communication Practice Area at RTI International. Lynch has over 15 years of experience developing, implementing, and evaluating public health programs with a focus on health literacy. She now directs RTI’s Audience Engagement Resear...
Start by Assuming Your Audience is Smart and Savvy (HLOL #247)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - May 01, 2024 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsRohini Khillan, MPH, has been working in the field of public health policy for over a decade in both federal agencies and large nonprofit organizations. While her focus is primarily on issues of aging and disability, Rohini has worked on a variety of topics that include access to care and socioe...
Cindy Brach Talks About the Evolution of Health Literacy (HLOL #246)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - April 01, 2024 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsCindy Brach was the lead for health literacy and cultural competence at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and co-chaired the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Literacy Workgroup. Brach led the creation of many important health literacy tools and resources i...
Innovative Ideas for Using AI in Health Literacy (HLOL #245)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - March 01, 2024 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAditya Tummala and Beier Nelson are Co-Founders and Executive Directors of The Health Fluency Project. Their goal is to use AI (Artificial Intelligence) and other technology to help dismantle barriers that prevent people from accessing health services. Tummala is an undergrad student at Harvard ...
Health in Context of People’s Lives (HLOL #244)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - February 01, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsRear Admiral (RDML) Paul Reed, MD is the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, the Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, a pediatrician, and a senior U.S. Public Health Service Officer. His primary responsibility is to advise the Assistant Secretary for Health ...
Helping Patients Prepare Lists of Questions to Ask at Medical Appointments (HLOL #243)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - January 01, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAkila Muthukumar graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a major in human developmental and regenerative biology and a minor in English. Muthukumar helped establish and lead a question-listing service at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She also has done a lot of writing, in...
Applying Plain Language Principles to Translated Health Materials (HLOL #242)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - December 01, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsKatie Leath MPH, MA, is Director of the Center for Health Literacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Leath is a passionate health communicator who brings years of experience in making health information easy to read, understand, and use. She leads a team of health litera...
Creating a Documentary Film about Caregiving and Mental Health (HLOL #241)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - November 01, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsRichard Lui is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years in media, technology, and business. He has served as a television news anchor at MSNBC, NBC News, and CNN Worldwide. Among his many accomplishments, Lui spent 15 years in business, serves on boards at non-profit organizations and...
Health Literacy from a Systems Perspective (HLOL #240)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - October 01, 2023 06:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsGreg O’Neill, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, is Director of Patient & Family Health Education at ChristianaCare in Delaware. Building on his experience in patient care as a trauma/surgical ICU nurse, O’Neill has developed a team of professionals who champion health literacy best practices systemwide and s...
Health Literacy: Helping Patients Feel Cared For, and Cared About (HLOL #239)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - September 01, 2023 06:01 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDr. Mark V. Williams serves as Professor & Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Williams established the first hospitalist program in a U.S. public hospital and continues to promote the role of...
Artificial Intelligence & Health Communication (HLOL #238)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - August 01, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsClaire Wardle, PhD, is co-founder and co-director of the Information Futures Lab and Professor of the Practice at Brown University’s School of Public Health. Wardle is considered a leader in the field of misinformation, verification, and user generated content. Among her many accomplishments, Wa...
The Language of Civility (HLOL #237)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - July 01, 2023 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLouAnn Bala MSN, RN, brings a background as clinical nurse educator and health coach to her work at Get Well. Her publications and research aim to improve quality and safety for patients, further the study of alternative and lifestyle medicine, and build the case for using technology to improve ...
Television Ads for Medications (HLOL #236)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - June 01, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDiana Zuckerman, Ph.D. is President of the National Center for Health Research, a nonprofit think tank that conducts and analyzes research on a wide range of healthcare and health policy issues. She and a team use this research to inform policies and programs that affect the health of adults and...
The Value of Knowing Why Health Literacy Matters (HLOL #235)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - May 01, 2023 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsKaren Komondor RN, BSN, CCRN is passionate about health literacy. This comes from knowing why understandable health communication matters so much to her, both personally and professionally. Karen is Founder and President of Health Literacy 360, LLC. Her work includes chairing health literacy pro...
Time Toxicity: Time that Patients Can Lose to Treatment (HLOL #234)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - April 01, 2023 06:01 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsChristopher Booth MD, FRCPC, is a Medical Oncologist and Health Services Researcher at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. In his clinical practice, Dr. Booth provides care to patients with gastrointestinal cancers. His research explores issues of access, quality, and value of cancer care in...
Using Art to Communicate About Surgery (HLOL #233)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - March 01, 2023 06:01 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMaria Baimas-George, MD, MPH, not only is a transplant surgeon but also the author and illustrator of The Strength of My Scars, a series of children’s books about a wide range of medical and surgical conditions. Dr. Baimas-George is passionate about the value of intertwining art and surgery to i...
Communicating About Potential Healthcare Fraud and Abuse (HLOL #232)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - February 01, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsNicole Liebau, BSW, is Director of the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) National Resource Center at the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging, Inc. There are over 50 SMP projects across the United States that focus on issues of Medicare fraud, outreach, and education. In this podcast, Nicole Liebau ta...
Words Matter: What We Say and Write Can Affect Health Understanding (HLOL #231)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - January 01, 2023 06:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsElena T. Carbone, DrPH, RD/LDN, FAND is Professor of Nutrition and Associate Dean for Curriculum & Academic Oversight in the Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Carbone has over 25 years of experience in health education, health literacy, and nutrition communication. Her r...
Wellness and Health Literacy (HLOL #230)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - December 01, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTeresa Wagner DrPH, RD/LD, CHWI, has expertise in both wellness and health literacy. She is Assistant Professor in the School of Health Professions and in the School of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. She’s also Interim Director/Clinical Executive for Health...
Oral Health Literacy: How Diseases of the Mouth Affect Overall Health (HLOL #229)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - November 01, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAlice Horowitz, RDH, MA, PhD, is a Research Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health at University of Maryland’s School of Public Health in College Park. She was instrumental in initiating the need to address health literacy in dentistry. Dr. Horowitz’s ongoing advocacy, re...
Bullet Points and Other Types of Lists (HLOL #228)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - October 01, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsGenevieve Walker, PhD, is a medical writer and editor who creates plain-language educational and marketing content for patients and other health care consumers. Through her business, Bridge Health Communications, Genevieve helps organizations strategize, develop, and execute communications with ...
A Standardized Patient’s Perspective of Health Communication (HLOL #227)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - September 01, 2022 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsKip Clark describes himself as being passionate about better and more meaningful communication. This belief guides his work as a standardized patient with medical students and as a podcast host and producer. Clark came to working as a standardized patient work from a background in improv comedy....
Building Trust with Each Audience (HLOL #226)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - August 01, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLenora Johnson, DrPH, MPH directs the science policy, engagement, health education, and public-facing communication initiatives of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institute of Health (NIH). This office supports and coordinates the public facing messaging and...
Live Virtual Group Patient Education: Creating Content, Delivering Sessions, and Meeting Needs (HLOL #225)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - July 01, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTedi Brash and Melissa Yan are based in Toronto, Canada. They, along with Rashmi Bhide, are authors of the terrific how-to resource, “A Guide to Developing Live Virtual Group Patient Education: Nine Steps to Success.” Brash is a Patient and Family Education Specialist at Unity Health Toronto. Sh...
Health Communication in Context of Each Person’s Life (HLOL #224)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - June 01, 2022 06:01 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsChristine Wilson has focused on health communication throughout her career. Her experience includes being Vice President for Marketing and Communications at Fox Chase Cancer, Vice President for Communications at the American Association for Cancer Research, and now Vice President for Advocacy Co...
Blood Testing: What Is Learned in the Lab (HLOL #223)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - May 01, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsParul Bhargava, MD is Professor & Vice-Chair of Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is a pathologist with subspecialty training in hematology. Dr. Bhargava describes herself as passionate about medical education and has authored or edited numerous acade...
Survivors? Choosing Words about People Who Have, or Have Had, a Serious Illness (HLOL #222)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - April 01, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDr. Emily Tonorezos is Director of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Office of Cancer Survivorship which is part of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. Dr. Tonorezos leads NCI’s efforts to address challenges facing cancer survivors and their families. These efforts includ...
Communicating When Vision is a Concern (HLOL #221)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - March 01, 2022 06:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJoe Weisse is co-coordinator for the Low Vision Support Group of Natick for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Now retired, for 33 years Weisse was Public Information Officer for the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. Using his communications background, Weis...
Motivational Interviewing (HLOL #220)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - February 01, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLaura A. Saunders, MSSW is a social worker with expertise in Motivational interviewing (MI). She works with University of Wisconsin-Madison at the Great Lakes Addictions, Mental Health, and Prevention Technology Transfer Centers. Saunders leads motivational interviewing workshops for professiona...
Making Materials Relatable and Readable (HLOL #219)
Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast - January 01, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPaula Worby (pictured on the right) and Miriam Lara-Mejia both work at Hesperian Health Guides, a non-profit publisher best known for the book Where There Is No Doctor that is used throughout the world. Hesperian has more than a dozen books on a broad range of health topics and makes almost all ...
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