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Spreading the love for health literacy - one state at a time
We love how brightly the spotlight shines on our favorite topic nationwide in October. Health Literacy Month is both a celebration and a...
Oct 17, 20241 min read
Team HLM's favorite mental health apps
Taking care of your mental health is just as important, in fact, as taking care of your physical health. While there is a lot we...
Oct 10, 20243 min read
Happy Health Literacy Month!
And just like that, it's our favorite time of year again: Health Literacy Month! We're launching new videos for our "Health Literacy in 1...
Oct 4, 20241 min read
Project highlight: Alzheimer’s disease in the African American community materials
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, so we thought it would be the perfect time to highlight some of our work related to Alzheimer’s...
Sep 19, 20242 min read
‘Tis the season for vaccines: Tips for health professionals to clearly communicate with parents
As summer comes to an end, it’s that time of year again—the time of year when healthcare professionals start talking with parents about...
Aug 22, 20241 min read
Project highlight: Vaccine education in communities
As of today, we’ve created over 500 materials about viruses, vaccines, and other topics for community members with PANDEMIC.
Aug 16, 20241 min read
Happy holidays from HLM
It’s that time of the year when we gather together, Our memories are warm (even in the cold weather)! We’re grateful for you – our...
Dec 20, 20231 min read
2023 Cecilia and Leonard Doak Health Literacy Champion award
Health Literacy Media is pleased to announce that health literacy innovator, Dr. Steve Pu, D.O., is the posthumous recipient of the 2023...
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Two new board members for HLM, awards all around, plus more
We’re looking ahead to 2023 with great excitement here at Health Literacy Media (HLM), and we’d like to share with you!
Feb 3, 20233 min read
Happy holidays!
It's that time of year again – where we drink hot chocolate, build snowmen, and watch our annual holiday video. So, another year over,...
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Tips for health care providers: How to talk to parents about the COVID-19 vaccine for younger kids
If you’re a health care provider in 2021, you’re probably having countless conversations with patients about the COVID-19 vaccine. With...
Nov 11, 20214 min read
How we're protecting our team from COVID-19 back in the office
Here are some of the ways we're protecting ourselves and others from COVID-19 as we return to the office!
Nov 10, 20213 min read
HLM's approach to health literacy
Health literacy is more than replacing jargon with words everyone understands or teaching patients to ask questions of health care...
Oct 21, 20211 min read
Defining health literacy
Definitions of health literacy have dramatically evolved since the World Health Organization proposed what many consider the first...
Oct 14, 20211 min read
Happy Health Literacy Month
It's our favorite time of the year: Health Literacy Month! We've been creating quality and engaging #healthliteracy content and we'll be...
Oct 1, 20211 min read
Teach, don’t preach: instilling health literacy principles from a patient’s perspective
Guest post from Carly Flumer, MS, Scientific Data Analyst at National Cancer Institute My doctor flipped his piece of paper over and...
Oct 30, 20203 min read
HLM Healthy Steps is back!
We’re bringing HLM Healthy Steps back, and making it even better than before! Join us!
Sep 29, 20202 min read
Racial justice and health literacy: our commitment
At Health Literacy Media, we join the chorus of voices speaking out against racism. We recognize that people of color are systematically...
Jun 8, 20201 min read
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