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Older adults are a diverse group of individuals with a unique set of needs and preferences. They often face complex health decisions that involve trade-offs among options that appeal to different values, beliefs, and preferences.
Older adults are more likely to take action when the health message is from a trusted source. Using survey research findings like those from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) and asking leaders of organizations that serve older adults can help you determine which sources are credible with the seniors in your intended audience.
Older adults like to learn new health information through a variety of methods. While some may prefer to receive information through spoken or printed words, others may be visual learners and some, a combination of both. Think about using different approaches to present your information, such as pamphlets, brochures, videos, and audiotapes.
Example:
My Transplant Coach is an interactive decision aid to help people and their families learn about dialysis and kidney transplant. It explains treatment options and provides information to help improve understanding of them.
Many older adults do not like being bogged down with tons of health information. They prefer quick and clear solutions to their health issues. Provide short, concise health messages that detail the specific action steps your older adult audience should take to achieve the desired health goal.
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Whether you are a healthcare professional or patient, get the latest medical information as digestible content and in the format you prefer. Fast Facts stands for trusted, accessible, and concise medical information. Recognized medical experts and patients created these resources to aid communication between different stakeholders in healthcare.
Our award-winning medical handbook series of more than 130 books is used by healthcare professionals to get up to speed quickly on a topic, and by patients as a source of trustworthy and relevant information that can help facilitate meaningful conversations between them and their healthcare providers.
Fast Facts are freely accessible at no cost and in various formats such as handbooks, podcasts, videos, and CME-accredited e-learning courses. Resources can be customized to reach healthcare professionals or patient audiences.
Are you interested in seeing Fast Facts resources available in a disease area we have not yet covered? Or extending the reach of our existing content? The Karger Healthcare team offers comprehensive needs analyses, hosting solutions, translations and localizations, and tailored audience outreach to customize each resource that is developed.
Each month, the doctors at Harvard Medical School answer questions like these in the pages of the Harvard Health Letter. Easy-to-read, clear, and concise, Harvard Health Letter is like a monthly conversation with your favorite doctor.
I am so very impressed with the four Harvard Health newsletters that I receive. I receive a couple of others from other institutions, and they're OK, but yours are superior -- perfect language usage (well, except for the couple of times you slipped, using "healthy" instead of "healthful), no typos, clear layout, quiet humor. Thank you! L.A., Binghamton, NY
I find most of yours Health Letters helpful. The information you give helps me to understand the different health problems, teaches me how to improve or prevent them and helps me to feel more in control of my life. EN, Sydney , Australia
I have read the Health Letter for years, and I find it gives me intelligent and readable information on the issues. The mainstream media seems to go crazy over the Health News of the moment, never going beyond the first and most superficial examination of the information. I look to the Harvard Health Letter to keep me well informed. SN Albuquerque, NM
I like the fact that you address the current issues we read or hear about in the news--when it sounds iffy especially, we say, "We'll see what The Harvard Medical Letter says about it." ER Naperville Illinois
Info from Harvard Health Publications gives me well-researched, comprehensive and reliable background to discuss medical issues with my physicians. On receipt of recent article on possible adverse effects of long-term use of Fosamax, I felt sufficiently informed to discuss this intelligently with my Gyn. Thank you! HRS, New York, NY
Multiple articles have helped me, especially those with reference to alternative health methods. I love the variety covered in the letter, many topics of which are useful in everyday life, like nutrition & microwave cooking; ear wax facts; exercise; topical pain relief; even tattooing! I appreciate the simpler, yet professional language of the material: easy to understand but inspires confidence in the facts. I am well-read in layman's medical literature, but I learn something from virtually every letter. SB, Lancaster, PA
I like the range of topics you discuss-- from the risk-benefits of cancer screening for older people to approaches to reduce flatulence. An article concluding that some ear wax is good was also enlightening. EH, Crofton, MD
Our subscription to the Harvard Health Letter was started in 1979. Your holistic approach over the recent years is most refreshing. The Q/A column is good. Because we have benefited from the General Newsletter, my husband and I have additionally subscribed to each - the Men's Health Letter and the Women's Newsletter. I have even given as a gift a year's subscription to the Women's Health Letter. Seldom is there an issue that I do not find pertinent advice and something that changes my thinking on my own personal health. SS Lompoc CA
The Harvard Health Letter has helped me to understand several health issues of concern to myself an to others and has been a useful tool to having better communications with my Doctor (s) with respect to health issues that develop over time as well as the Letter has been useful in helping to guide others toward relevant information related to their needs. I would like to see more information published regarding a more nutritional approach to wellness, although you do publish some. My acquaintances and I are mostly looking for old non-medicinal remedies that have been proven to work over the years. I have known several individuals who have live to be over 100 and used non-traditional remedies in spite of and/or traditional medicines (i.e. a woman who was born with an enlarged heart, expected to live to age 35, lived to 106, and died peacefully in her sleep). Many remedies she shared with me over the years really worked well - wish I had taken better notes, as well as Yoga benefits and how, if done, really do "cure" certain medical issues. Is there anyone on your staff who could address these issues? (I realize the controversy that would be involved, but there are also controversies in traditional medical approaches, but judging from what I have seen over the years, if it works for the individual either way (traditional or Non-traditional) it is certainly worth a try. Thank you for considering my request. I subscribe to Harvard Health, Mental Health, Women's Health and Health and find each one very useful on the particular issues addressed. C.S. Stratford, CT
There have been so many articles that I have found helpful for myself, colleagues and family members. I am forwarding info from your newsletter to people all of the time. The info is very useful and helpful. UD, Pomona, NY
Health care organizations across the globe navigate a complex, always-changing landscape. Ethical and responsible conduct is necessary for the achievement of global health goals and is also an important element of performance and risk management.
EPiHC helps organizations make a stronger contribution to the lives of their patients, their staff, the environment, and the communities they serve. EPiHC is both a compass to help health care organizations navigate complex situations and decision making, and a forum for stakeholders to discuss common challenges and solutions.
We invite health care organizations and investors to adopt EPiHC. For some organizations, becoming an EPiHC signatory will represent a first step toward codifying such principles. For others, EPiHC will complement existing corporate codes and statements.
Make Every Contact Count (MECC) enables the delivery of consistent and concise health and wellbeing information and encourages individuals to engage in conversations about their health at scale across organisations and populations.
The fundamental idea underpinning the MECC approach is simple. It recognises that staff across health and care, local authority and voluntary sectors have thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing.
For organisations, MECC means providing staff with the leadership, environment, training and information they need to deliver the MECC approach.
For staff, MECC means having the competence and confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages, to help encourage people to change their behaviour and to direct them to local services that can support them.
For individuals, MECC means seeking support and taking action to improve their own health and wellbeing.