‘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...
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- Aug 16
- 1 min
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.
- Dec 20, 2023
- 1 min
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...
- Oct 4, 2023
- 3 min
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...
- Feb 3, 2023
- 3 min
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!
- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
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,...
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
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 10, 2021
- 3 min
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!
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
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 14, 2021
- 1 min
Defining health literacy
Definitions of health literacy have dramatically evolved since the World Health Organization proposed what many consider the first...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
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 30, 2020
- 3 min
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...
- Sep 29, 2020
- 2 min
HLM Healthy Steps is back!
We’re bringing HLM Healthy Steps back, and making it even better than before! Join us!
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
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 28, 2019
- 3 min
Steve Pu, D.O., founding visionary of Health Literacy Media and board president, dies at 67
By HLM Staff | June 27, 2019 Steve Pu, D.O., a general surgeon and wound care specialist who helped create the organization that would...
- Jun 12, 2019
- 4 min
The stars of theory
When an innovative new health literacy initiative needed a strong theoretical foundation, Will Ross was there for it. 10 years later, he...
- May 22, 2019
- 3 min
QIP Changes Are Coming in 2020—Is Your Dialysis Center Ready? The Kidney Transplant Toolkit Can Help
For professionals in nephrology, dialysis, and transplant: A discussion of CMS ESRD QIP changes that could impact your funding and the...
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
Kidney transplant training in our own backyard
We've been thrilled with the national response to our Explore Transplant trainings, but thanks to our partners here in St. Louis, we've...
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