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Health Literacy Month: Celebrating health literacy in Monett
Strong partnerships are key to HLM’s community health literacy efforts. While we may be experts in health literacy, we are by no means...
Oct 12, 2018


Missouri health literacy trailblazers lead the way
When we wanted to find out who in Missouri is taking action every day to improve lives through health literacy, we consulted the experts:...
Oct 5, 2018


Health Literacy Month: Celebrating health literacy in communities
October is Health Literacy Month – a time to highlight health literacy activities around the world and celebrate the many achievements....
Oct 4, 2018


Picturing a better life: FSD uses video for the benefit of Missourians
Missouri families who need some extra help – due to loss of a job, a health crisis, or long-term physical disability – often turn to the...
Sep 10, 2018


Honoring a leader: teacher and scholar Christina Zarcadoolas is 2018 Doak Health Literacy Champion
Christina Zarcadoolas, Ph.D. at one and the same time is a 1980s “first generation” health literacy scholar and one of today’s innovators...
Sep 6, 2018


How health literacy can improve clinical trials: Increasing understanding, relevance, and usability
At Health Literacy Media’s Clearly Communicating Clinical Trials (C3T), we’ve designed and conducted research, written summaries of...
Sep 4, 2018


Who is leading the way in health literacy?
Nominate a Missouri Health Literacy Trailblazer Health Literacy Media is accepting nominations for the 2018 Missouri Health Literacy...
Aug 30, 2018


Kidney transplant: partnering with providers, empowering patients
We work with health care providers from a wide variety of disciplines to improve patient care through health literacy – it’s what we do....
Aug 9, 2018


National HIV Testing Day
Written by Brennan Keiser | HLM Summer 2018 Intern Every year on June 27th, we recognize National HIV Testing Day to encourage all United...
Jun 27, 2018


5 ways we set our staff up to succeed in our walking challenge this summer
We’re not sure which is more exhausting – exercising or listening to people tell us how important it is to exercise! We are sure,...
Jun 19, 2018


HLM + Sanofi Genzyme
Sanofi Genzyme’s sponsorship of many of HLM’s family of resources is but one example of their consistent commitment to and support of...
Jun 2, 2018


The intersection of health literacy and mental health
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This is particularly important to us at Health Literacy Media because mental health conditions...
May 29, 2018
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