Updates and New Stuff
Noteworthy announcements on what I’ve been doing lately.
I was so pleased to speak with the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science group Friday., Nov. 15, 2024. Librarians play a key role in stopping the spread of health-related mis-, mal- and disinformation.
New research published
Supporting someone through a chronic illness can be difficult. My multi-university team is designing and testing an online training module for support providers, to teach things like person-centered messaging, active listening, and the dangers of providing unsolicited advice. Part of this ongoing work was recently published in Health Communication.
Through the Center for Health Communication at UT-Austin, I created a FREE online training module for the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute about health misinformation: what it is, why it’s tempting to believe, and how to talk with people who might buy into it.
Free online training published: Dealing With Conflicting Health Information
The Missoulian (Nov. 28, 2023)