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Library

Library

The Library is a free and ever-growing assortment of short explorations and lessons that focus on aspects of communicating health and science information to lay audiences.

Table of Content

Communicating Risk

Introduction to Risk I & II
Legionnaires: Can I drink the water?
Risk Perception

Special Topic Lessons

Health Literacy and Covid 19 Session 1 "Concepts"
Soundbite 2 Numeracy and Covid19 Final
Session 3 Simplicity Complex FINALcz
Soundbite 4 HEALTH LITERACY AND COVID: When Simple is Not Good Enough
Introduction to Risk I & II

There Are Many Literacies

Health Literacy is Deep & Wide
Science Literacy is Fundamental to Health Literacy

How to Make Good Texts and Feel Good About It

Want to be a better health writer?
Framing Messages Lesson 1
You had me at "Hello": using scripts is a good thing
Explaining Insurance Deductibles

Sentences and Other Systems

Unpacking Sentences 1
Sentences Getting Off to a Bad Start
Quick Audit of Your Text
How to do a Health Literacy Analysis, or why did the Queen die?
Definitions Acting Badly PART 1
Definitions Acting Badly Part 2
FDA: Language
Bandwagon Terms
Acting Badly 3

Simple / Complex

Simplifying Visuals
Get Complicated with Vocabulary
The Tyranny of Simple Vocabulary 2
Task Analysis
The Tyranny of Simple Vocabulary 1

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