𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞
In this article, I looked at a problem in health communication that's easy to miss: simpler doesn't always mean better.
Good health writing isn't about deleting every...
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
A research paper is not a health article.
And adding more citations doesn't automatically make an article better.
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𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭
This article looks at why plain language alone isn't always enough to make health information clear and useful, and how we can help people really understand it by testing with intended audiences,...
𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐭 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞
A public health article exploring how suicidal distress can be misunderstood as attention-seeking, and how we can learn to...
𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐇𝐈𝐕?🦟
A mosquito bites someone with HIV, then bites you…
So what next?
Many people believe mosquitoes can spread HIV from one person to another.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞.
Mosquitoes transmit several diseases, but HIV isn't one of them.
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