We are very excited to announce our first 2 research papers have been published, illustrating different approaches to working with stakeholders to codesign health literacy strategies in maternity settings in Australia and Denmark: tandfonline.com/toc/rhlc20/1…
Read our launch editorial here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Our open access fee will be waived for 2023 so get your submissions on communication and health literacy in soon!
Strategic Advisor @JocelyneBasseal is developing strategies to build the new journal. She is the current President of the Australasian Medical Writers Association and has extensive experience in managing and developing academic journals.
Our new journal is open for submissions on all things health communication and health literacy, and will waive open access fees for 2023. Read about the journal, our Co-Chief Editors @carissa_bon and @Dmuscat92 and the editorial board here: tandfonline.com/journals/rhl…
Excited to announce that I will be the Co-Editor in Chief with @Dmuscat92 for a new Taylor & Francis journal, Health Literacy and Communication Open. Follow us at @HLCOjournal for updates ahead of our launch in April. And get in touch if you have papers you'd like to submit!
MOST CITED: Shared decision-making (SDM) has been found to be significantly associated with improved patient outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a program to improve #healthliteracy skills for SDM in adults with lower literacy.
journals.healio.com/doi/10.3…
Great to be chatting about all-things #healthliteracy at #nms2022! Stay tuned for the upcoming presentation about the SHeLL Health Literacy Editor by @julieayre32…
As part of Health Literacy Month (October 2021), we congratulate Dr. Danielle Marie Muscat [dmuscat92] of the University of Sydney -- Recognized as an Expertscape Expert in Health Literacy.
expertscape.com/ex/health li…
UPCOMING WEBINAR -
COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs and Behaviours: A survey of >700 culturally and linguistically diverse community members in Greater Western Sydney
eventbrite.com.au/e/covid-19…@HealthLitLab@julieayre32
#COVID19 vaccination info must pay attention to health literacy: analysis of readability of official COVID-19 public health information ... #preprint#freeaccess ... "vaccination information was the hardest to read, understand, and act upon" mja.com.au/journal/2021/coro…
Our #IPDAS review out now - Only 12% of patient decision aids addressed the needs of low health literacy or other socially-disadvantaged groups. None written at <6th-grade reading level only 5 met the recommended threshold for actionability.
Partnership Project grant awarded to Kirsten McCaffery, Danielle Muscat et al for Parenting project - congratulations to all! health.gov.au/ministers/the-…