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Discover how to write life-changing health content and grow your writing career. Explore the latest health communication research and get best-practice writing strategies that work.

6 tips to help you write clearly about COVID-19

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 8, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

6 tips to help you write clearly about COVID-19

To alleviate pandemic-related anxiety, aim to provide clear, factual communication that supports health literacy.

Filed Under: Health writing skills, Writing about COVID-19

freelance health and medical writing business

LAST UPDATED September 20, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 27, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

3 questions to help you choose a niche for your freelance health & medical writing business

Three essential questions to help you focus and pick the right niche.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

writing about controversial health topics

LAST UPDATED June 17, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 27, 2021 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

Writing about controversial health topics: Achieving a fair and balanced approach

How do you ensure your writing is fair and balanced? Here’s what you need to know if you’re writing about controversial health topics.

Filed Under: Health writing skills, Writing about COVID-19

writing effective subheadings

LAST UPDATED October 8, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 5, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to write effective subheadings for your health content

Subheadings are essential for structure and readability. Here’s how to write effective subheadings that engage your readers and promote literacy.

Filed Under: Editing, Health copywriting, Health writing skills

write bullet points

LAST UPDATED October 8, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 30, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to write engaging bullet points

Bullet points enhance your health and medical content. Here’s how to use them.

Filed Under: Editing

addressing vaccine hesitancy checklist

LAST UPDATED January 2, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 24, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Checklist

Do you want best-practice strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy? This checklist captures essential evidence-based techniques for communicating clearly about vaccination.

Filed Under: Health communication research, Health writing skills, Writing about COVID-19

medical editing

LAST UPDATED October 18, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 24, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Medical editing: Getting started

Editing is a mindset.

Filed Under: Editing, Health communication research

what does a health writer do

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 16, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

What does a health writer do?

A quick overview of what a health writer does every day to help you decide if it’s the right career choice for you.

Filed Under: Health communication research

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 8, 2021 | BY Hafsa Abdirahman MPH

Effective public health messaging: Lessons from the pandemic

What lessons can we learn from the public health messaging in the last year? Here’s what behavioural research shows us about how people respond to public health messages.

Filed Under: Health writing skills, Writing about COVID-19

infodemic

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 18, 2021 | BY Natricha Levy McFarlane

Managing infodemics: Lessons from the WHO

From October to December 2020, more than 5000 invited participants consulted through dialogues, workshops and webinars to identify challenges and solutions to the COVID-19 infodemic.

Filed Under: Health writing skills, Writing about COVID-19

110-websites that accept health article pitches paid and unpaid

LAST UPDATED April 22, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED December 26, 2020 | BY Michelle Guillemard

110+ websites that accept health article pitches (paid and unpaid)

Your guide to getting published in 2022 and beyond.

Filed Under: Finding work and getting published, Growing your career

Becoming a freelance health writer right out of college It IS possible

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED November 10, 2020 | BY Audrey Robin

Becoming a freelance health writer right out of college: It IS possible

Have you bought into the lie that you need an “adult job” before you can begin a career as a freelance health writer? We’re here to bust that myth completely.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

virtual conferences

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED October 30, 2020 | BY Carla Eisenstein

Embracing virtual conferences: 5 lessons from AMWA 2020

You can find opportunities to network and learn, even when the conference is virtual.

Filed Under: Growing your career, How to be a more confident writer

combatting infodemics

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED October 30, 2020 | BY Natricha Levy McFarlane

Combatting infodemics: Here’s how health communicators can help

In addition to public health agencies, health communicators also have a responsibility to help combat infodemics related to health. So, how can we help?

Filed Under: Health writing skills, Writing about COVID-19

How to stay focused and organise your research

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED October 6, 2020 | BY Marwa Saleh

How to stay focused and organise your research

Avoid the lure of rabbit holes.

Filed Under: Health writing skills, How to be a more confident writer

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