Health Information Equity: Equal Access to Information that is High-Quality, Understandable, and Usable (HLOL #252)

Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast

Cliff Coleman, MD, MPH, is a physician and international expert in the field of health literacy. His award-winning work focuses on improving health literacy and clear communication training for healthcare professionals through systems approaches, including curriculum design and evaluation.

Coleman is Professor of Family Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine and serves as Clinical Thread Director for education on health communication, professionalism, and ethics. He is the inaugural Doris and Mark Storms Endowed Chair in Compassionate Communication at OHSU’s Center for Ethics in Health Care. Coleman also chairs the OHSU Health Literacy Workgroup which aims to help OHSU become a health literate organization.

In this podcast, Dr. Cliff Coleman talks with Helen Osborne about:

· Health information equity. What it is, why it matters, who it most affects.

· Strategies to use in everyday communication and at a policy level.

· Why health information equity matters now, and will in years ahead.

More ways to learn:

· Health Literacy and Systemic Racism—Using Clear Communication to Reduce Health Care Inequities, by Coleman C, Birk S, DeVoe J, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, June 26, 2023

· Telemedicine: Communicating About Health by Phone or 2-Way Video, a Health Literacy Out Loud podcast interview with Dr. Cliff Coleman

· Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit, 3^rd Edition, from AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

· National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy, from the CDC

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Health Equity in the Context of Health Literacy” is especially relevant to this podcast.

Read a transcript of this podcast.

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