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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.

results-driven language

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED October 5, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How do you help your clients achieve their goals? The power of results-driven language

Results-driven language focuses on the specific results you’ve achieved for your clients, not only the tasks you’ve accomplished.

Filed Under: Getting started as a health writer, Growing your career

language and confidence

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED July 29, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How your business language can harm your confidence

When you stop calling yourself a beginner, you will take your career more seriously. You’ll grow faster and gain confidence in your abilities.

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

the pros and cons of hourly rates

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 8, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

The pros and cons of hourly rates

Wondering if it’s better to charge per hour or per project? Here are the pros and cons of hourly rates for freelance health writers.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

6 tips to help you write clearly about COVID-19

LAST UPDATED August 16, 2022 | 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, Writing about COVID-19

freelance health and medical writing business

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | 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, Writing about COVID-19

writing effective subheadings

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | 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: Health & medical editing, Health copywriting, Health writing, Readability and plain english

write bullet points

LAST UPDATED August 16, 2022 | 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: Health & medical editing, Readability and plain english

addressing vaccine hesitancy checklist

LAST UPDATED August 16, 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, Writing about COVID-19

medical editing

LAST UPDATED August 11, 2022 | FIRST PUBLISHED February 24, 2021 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Medical editing: Getting started

Editing is a mindset.

Filed Under: Health & medical editing, Health communication research

what does a health writer do

LAST UPDATED August 16, 2022 | 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 August 16, 2022 | 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, Writing about COVID-19

infodemic

LAST UPDATED August 16, 2022 | 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, Writing about COVID-19

LAST UPDATED February 11, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED December 26, 2020 | BY Michelle Guillemard

110 websites that accept health article pitches guide

Your guide to getting published in 2023 and beyond.

Filed Under: Digital tools

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

LAST UPDATED February 10, 2023 | 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

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