Sarah Pomerantz

Creating better health communication through #healthlit best practices and #humancentereddesign process @CommunicateHlth #healthcomm

[VA Dept of Elections @vaELECT]

All voters to are encouraged to wear a mask when they go to their polling place, but you CANNOT be turned away because you don't wear one. Find your polling place and get more information on voting today: https://t.co/9dQZ1gEMwF #VAisForVoters #VaElections2021

[Working In Content @wicontent]

We've organised a fun giveaway! 🥳

You can enter to win 'The Content Strategy Bookshelf'— all 12 of these incredible books (see thread):

https://t.co/FayG5DSdAm 📚🧵👇

[CommunicateHealth @CommunicateHlth]

This #PlainPledge is the best — @proftrudeau is definitely our Health Lit Hero of the day. Where are you finding #HealthLit inspiration today? Tag a person or resource using #HealthLitHero for #HealthLiteracyMonth!

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Are you a manager with a passion for #HealthLiteracy and reaching marginalized communities through #Partnerships and #CommunityOutreach? If this sounds like you, join us! Check out our #HealthCommunication #JobOpening: https://t.co/OfwW8K2OkL

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Thrilled to see the new Healthy People initiative rolled out at https://t.co/GaoqE2ik62 — here's to another decade of data-driven #PublicHealth work. More important now than ever! #HP2030

[CommunicateHealth @CommunicateHlth]

Healthy People 2030 is here! 🎉 We’re so proud to be supporting the @HealthGov team as they launch the next decade of this critical #PublicHealth initiative. Check out #HP2030 today! https://t.co/DBQb8ZLRaD

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Presenting "facts vs. myths" can confuse readers — here's a way to clear things up without adding to misinformation #healthliteracy

[CommunicateHealth @CommunicateHlth]

Useful thoughts on how to bust myths without spreading them — something we've been thinking about a lot as we #communicateCOVID.

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Breonna Taylor's murderers STILL haven’t been arrested or charged. Today would have been her 27th bday! Hit the link to find out how to help bring her justice: https://t.co/43OtRLlNjh #SayHerName #BirthdayforBreonna @arielsinhaha / @nemesomi for artwork / image credit

[Will Jawando @willjawando]

In the coming week, I plan to introduce a resolution declaring Racism a public health emergency in Montgomery County. Across all systems, in healthcare, education, housing, economic development, criminal justice - we see racism & lives have been lost as a direct result. #Racism

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Dr. Stephen Thomas @umdhealthequity shares https://t.co/s77e1KHp5o as resource to build trust between minorities and researchers (and health communicators!) #HealthComm

[Molly Alawode Omojokun, MSc, CHES @_malawode]

Great reminder from Julia Blumenstyk of the @AdCouncil to prioritize representation as a way to destigmatize communications. This can be done by incorporating diversity & inclusion into your organization, content development process, and end products. #healthcomm

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Discussing information overload at @healthcommsoc virtual Summit — using best practices to design for #healthlit can also limit cognitive burden. More tips to be mindful of working memory in #healthcomm from @CommunicateHlth: https://t.co/dKwpt9vsMW

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Storytelling can help build empathy — and we know lots of data, although it might be accurate, is overwhelming for readers. #healthlit #numeracy

[Health Comm Society @healthcommsoc]

On journalism, social media, and the news: "How do we create content that's credible AND consumable?" @LauraVanEperen, @VanEperenAgency addresses the role of storytelling in the media. #healthcomm

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

What do a pandemic and infodemic have in common? Your choices affect others — think about how to "flatten the curve" and be thoughtful about what info you share. #medialiteracy @NewsLitProject

#healthcomm @healthcommsoc

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Reminder of the power of pausing to check sources to improve #medialiteracy from @PeterD_Adams @NewsLitProject — we're *all* vulnerable to confirmation bias!

#healthcomm #Summit2020

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Yes! This means empathy in #healthcomm and meeting audiences where they're at is more important than ever. #HumanCenteredDesign

[CommunicateHealth @CommunicateHlth]

"As this pandemic continues, people are scared and confused — & we know that stress & anxiety impact knowledge comprehension. Our job isn’t just to give people info, but to help them understand it." Stacy Robison on #HealthComm responsibility to #communicateCOVID @healthcommsoc

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Love this empowering reframe of #healthlit!

[CommunicateHealth @CommunicateHlth]

“#HealthLiteracy is often described as a deficit of skills that lead to poor health outcomes. But let’s look at #HealthLit as an asset — a protective factor in the face of complex health crises.” -CH Pres. Stacy Robison at the @healthcommsoc #HealthComm summit #communicateCOVID

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Great question from Jessie Nieblas @LaFASAorg — "How can #healthcomm professionals grapple with past harm (for a lot of communities, fear of harm by medical professionals have deep historic roots)?"

mportant to consider #culturalcompetency as well as #healthlit @healthcommsoc

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Interesting suggestion to use "community immunity" instead of "herd immunity" for clearer #healthcomm around #COVID19. Thoughts from my #healthlit folks on this shift?

[Health Comm Society @healthcommsoc]

Up next, Scott Ratzan, Distinguished Lecturer, @CUNY. #healthcomm

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Realtime #healthcomm findings at https://t.co/F8n9P6F5v0 from the Journal for Health Communication — including attitudes about reopening NYC, intent to get #COVID19 vaccine: https://t.co/TzeLanKssP

Thanks to @healthcommsoc and Scott Ratzan @CUNY for sharing this new resource!

[Sarah Pomerantz @SarahPomer]

Appreciate @jaybernhardt's call for unity between those working to address public health and economic crises by focusing on protecting the most vulnerable #healthcomm @healthcommsoc