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3 Tips to Retain Patients in Health Literacy Education Programs You’ve recruited patients for a workshop, training, or class that teaches them about a health topic. The next challenge is retaining them. read more...

Create Effective Health Literacy Education Programs for Patients Are you developing a health literacy education program for patients? We’ll discuss the meaning and impact of effective health read more...

5 Steps to Enhance the User Experience When you design a text-based digital health product, such as a website or an app, it’s a good idea to employ user experience (UX) design. In other words, do what read more...

Design Health Materials for People With Low Vision If you design text-based health materials, it’s important to make them accessible to people with disabilities—including those who have low vision. This read more...

Tips for Clear Communication in Healthcare Do you work for a healthcare organization in leadership, administration, or patient care? Then this article is for you. It offers tips for communicating well read more...

Create Effective Health Literacy Education Programs for Providers Are you developing a health literacy education program for providers? Then this article is for you. It tells how to create read more...

3 Tips to Create Evidence-based Health Literacy Education Programs Are you creating a health literacy education program for patients or providers? Then this article is for you. It tells how to make read more...

How To Write Effectively About Health Writing is a key part of health communication. Along with design, text is used in written materials for health education programs, public health campaigns, patient read more...

7 Barriers to Effective Communication in Healthcare Are you a healthcare provider who finds it challenging to communicate well with patients? You’re not alone. Many providers face the same challenge. read more...

Design Health Materials for People With Low Vision If you design text-based health materials, it’s important to make them accessible to people with disabilities—including those who have low vision. This read more...

5 Steps to Enhance the User Experience When you design a text-based digital health product, such as a website or an app, it’s a good idea to employ user experience (UX) design. In other words, do read more...

Motivate Readers To Take Action You’ve written text that promotes a healthy behavior—such as eating more fruits and vegetables, wearing a bike helmet, or getting more exercise. You’ve used plain language read more...

Get To Know Your Readers You’ve identified your intended readers—the people you want your health materials to reach. Before you start writing the materials, it’s critical to learn all you can about your read more...

3 Tools To Assess Health Materials You’ve developed health materials. How can you make sure these materials are easy to understand and use? One option is to use assessment tools. What are read more...

The 5 Cs of Communication in Healthcare If you’re a healthcare provider, it’s critical to communicate well with patients. This means providing information that patients can understand and use. Why read more...

Boost Communication With Your Provider Some doctors and other healthcare providers aren’t great communicators. They may not know how to communicate well. Or they may have good skills but lack the time read more...