When working to promote or improve health, one of our top concerns is to uphold the dignity and humanity of those we serve. We don’t get to decide what is offensive or stigmatizing to others, but we can take steps to communicate with respect and strive to be as inclusive as possible. Read More

Providing health materials in more than one language is more than translating and converting words from one language to another while keeping the same message. The high-quality production of materials in a new language should reflect the beliefs and practices of the target audience. Read More

Numbers are common in all types of health communication, including medicine doses, reading a glucometer, or using a nutrition label to calculate calories from fat. But they can also be confusing. Read More

Patient safety is an ongoing priority for healthcare providers and administrators, but patients and families are also vital to this effort. For example, hospital staff can follow protocols to prevent poor outcomes for sepsis, but if patients and families also know what to look for, they can serve as ongoing monitors and become confident and […]

A perspective from Jennifer Gan, MBA, Center for Health Literacy affiliate faculty member and former instructor With over 15 years in clinical and educational research, I have seen firsthand the importance of clear communication. While consenting Spanish speakers for studies in my prior work in neuropsychiatric research, I did my best to translate medical and […]

From all of us at the UAMS Center for Health Literacy, Happy New Year! As we welcome 2022, we celebrate some national trends that excited us last year and renew our commitment to you and our mission for 2022. Read More

Happy Holidays! Read More

October is Health Literacy Month—a time we promote practices and policies that enable patients to easily understand health information and use it to make decisions about their health. Read More

The UAMS Center for Health Literacy is pleased to announce the launch of a new, free, online health education module: “How to L.I.F.T. Your Spirits During COVID-19 and Other Hard Times.” This interactive module helps adults and teens recognize ways the pandemic might be impacting their emotional wellness and offers practical tips to address those […]

In our series, “You Keep Saying That Word!,” we talk about words that you likely see or hear often, but that we don’t normally use when writing for patients and the public. Read More