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How To Talk About Weight in a Non-Stigmatizing Way: 4 Tips For Healthcare and Public Health Professionals

1/27/2024

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How we think informs how we speak and can inform how we act. Stigmatizing language about weight can perpetuate weight stigma and weight bias and lead to inadequate care. In order to improve how we talk about weight, we have to first understand how we think about weight.

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Envisioning a Patient-First Health System: Health Communication Insights from the Alliance for Health Policy 2023 Signature Series Summit

10/10/2023

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Last month, I attended the Alliance for Health Policy 2023 Signature Series Summit, where experts and professionals converged to explore the transformative concept of a patient-first health system.

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The Disaster Diaries of Rhyane Jane -- Edutainment for Emergency Preparedness

9/16/2019

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What is The Disaster Diaries of Rhyane Jane?

It’s the first media production of Let’s Talk Public Health, and we’re absolutely and completely excited about it. The Disaster Diaries of Rhyane Jane (DDRJ) is an edutainment web series that includes:
  • A serial fiction podcast about a girl, Rhyane Jane or RJ, who survives a mega-tsunami and has to fend for herself until help arrives. With each episode, you are hearing an entry in RJ's journal as she chronicles her survival and recovery in a disaster zone. 
  • ​A blog with posts discussing:
    • Items in RJ's emergency kit, how to acquire and store them, and how they may be useful in an emergency or disaster situation;
    • Prep tips for emergency and disaster preparedness; and
    • The science and facts behind the series.

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How to Optimize Your Health Website for Voice Search

5/31/2019

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Why do you need to optimize for voice search?

​Because, voice assistants and other voice search-enabled mobile applications are available on most electronic devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops, smart speakers, smart TVs, wearables and even cars. And by 2020, 30 to 50% of all searches will occur via voice.

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Using GIFs for Health Communication - CDC Flu Case Study

3/12/2018

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Why use animated GIFs?

Animated GIFs can be far more engaging than static images. CoSchedule reports that tweets with GIFs get 167% more click-throughs than tweets with static images, and according to Insight Pool, sharing a post with a GIF increased the engagement rate 20% for B2C brands. Social Media Today says tweets with GIFs generate 6X more engagement than tweets with basic text updates, and are 3X as likely to be retweeted than tweets with images.

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