🚨🚨🚨The theme for our next special issue is… ‘Communication’!🚨🚨🚨
📣 How we talk about #health informs & influences populations, advances health campaigns, defines what is considered healthy & unhealthy, & dictates whose health & #wellbeing matters
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was a real joy to contribute to this gorgeous issue of @KeppelHealthRev exploring how people with low/no literacy interact with health systems. literacy & health is so personal to me but also so important globally. hope people enjoy reading this piece keppelhealthreview.com/commu…
Something different: my autism research piece is out in @KeppelHealthRev!
➡I argue that centering autistic perspectives is crucial for overcoming historic and ongoing harm
Excited and nervous to share this - a personal topic and v difficult to write, but proud of the outcome!
ALT screenshot of the title and start of the article. The Keppel Health Review logo is at the top of the image, underneath is the article title "Beyond box-ticking: redressing communication power imbalances in autism research", the byline "Bethan explores the power dynamics driving autism research and how collaboration must form the basis of future research." and the first two lines of the main text "In August 2021, a consortium of premier institutes launched a major research project branded Spectrum 10K, with the aim of identifying the genetic basis of autism. Despite assertions about improving the well-being of autistic people, the project was met "
📣What *is* #HealthCommunication all about? We noticed a pattern of #miscommunication, bad science, & #inaccessible literature failing to compete with fast-paced media outlets, resulting in traditional sources failing the to inform and include their audience.
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⚖️In response, we reframe what credible health communication is: to be #accessible and #representative of the diverse disciplines and identities of the people it desires to reach, creating a radical vision of #HealthEquity
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🎉We are proud to host such creative and critical articles & are endlessly grateful to our network of dedicated editorial colleagues.
❤️Show them some love!
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Want credible health information that is accessible and representative of the diverse disciplines and identities it reaches? Check out our new issue #communication!
Some highlights from the issue to get you started…
📚Sara reframes our understanding of health literacy & considers how we can meet patients where they are
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🤫 Katya, in a powerful personal account, looks at the unheard needs of patients with communicative differences
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🗣️ How we talk about #health informs & influences populations, advances health campaigns, defines what is considered #healthy and unhealthy, & dictates whose health and #wellbeing matters.
These are just some of the topics our fantstic team & #writers are exploring this issue…
We've been a bit quiet over the last month but our team has been hard at work on something exciting . . . coming on Friday 11th August 👀
Keep your eyes peeled over the next few days to find out what we've been doing behind the scenes . . .
Did your #friendships change during #lockdown?🔒🤝
Did they break down or deepen? Did you find new communities online?
Click here 👉keppelhealthreview.com/love-… to read Leah’s reflections on the evolution of friendships during the COVID-19 #pandemic…
ALT An open envelope with handwritten text: dating with a mental health condition is never easy, especially in a society that values economic success and stability.