Founder and CEO of Let’s Talk Public Health – Monique Thornton, MPH, makes a special appearance on The Public Health Millennial (TPMH) podcast, Public Health Careers Podcast, hosted by Omari Richins, MPH.
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Climate change and its impacts are some of the biggest environmental, health, and societal issues our society is facing today. Our environment is experiencing more natural disasters such as heat waves, floods, and other increased extreme weather events. The environmental damage impacts public health in the form of access to safe drinking water, clean air, adequate and healthy food supply, safe shelter, and resources.
Identity-Based Messaging to Equity-Driven Messaging: A Call for Change in Health Communication7/11/2024 
In health communication, we’re taught about targeted messaging, a strategy to reach a specific target audience with relevant messaging who are believed to be at higher risk for a health condition or outcome. In public health, one prime example that comes to mind is targeted messaging towards the LGBTQIA+ community with PrEP.
Cultural and linguistic competence in health communication is a must. Public health professionals must ensure that the health information, advice and guidance we provide recognizes and accounts for diversity in culture and language within target audiences. This is true when engaging with communities, cross-sector partners, and fellow professionals.
Finding, understanding, and using health information (health literacy) is essential to positive health outcomes and the ability to make healthy choices. Adequate health literacy can help prevent health complications and better manage them when they arise. Health literacy is an important aspect of people successfully navigating the health space and for communicators to effectively engage or educate their audiences.
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