Fifty four percent of Americans read at a sixth-grade reading level or lower according to a Gallup poll.
Why should that matter to you? Because low literate adults are four times more likely to report low levels of health and need hospitalization at higher rates.
Meanwhile, scientific papers are getting harder and harder to read. That means
the people who could benefit the most from your health recommendations or latest research findings aren’t picking up Nature or The New England Journal of Medicine.
If you want your work to have an impact, how you say what you say will be just as important as what you say.
That's why UTMB’s media relations team has started Talk the Talk, a monthly newsletter where we can share tips, techniques and training opportunities to help you talk the talk.
“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”