About this journal

Aims and scope

Health Literacy and Communication is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original, interdisciplinary scholarship exploring the intersections of health, health care, and communication. The journal addresses empirical and theoretical health questions using the lens of multiple perspectives, experiences, and cultures with particular focus on health literacy. This journal will support the development of a space for the international research community to advance scholarship around the role of communication processes in global public health, policy, and literacy in a post-Covid era, where reported declines in health literacy have had unprecedented effects on society on a global scale, highlighting the importance of education and innovation in health communication.

Especially welcomed are interdisciplinary, international, and transnational articles that draw a connection between communication studies and health literacy as well as converging fields, such as, but not limited to:

  • provider-patient/family communication
  • shared decision-making
  • m-health
  • social marketing
  • health promotion
  • medical ethics
  • health policy
  • health and health communication education
  • health literacy
  • health communication and health care
  • digital health

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Editorial board

Editors-in-Chief
Carissa Bonner, University of Sydney, Australia
Danielle Muscat ,  University of Sydney, Australia

Strategic Advisor
Jocelyne Basseal,  University of Sydney

Associate Editors
Julien Mancini

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Aix-Marseille Université, France

Julie Ayre,  University of Sydney, Australia
Erin Cvejic,   University of Sydney, Australia
Jolyn Hersch,  University of Sydney, Australia
Rebekah Laidsaar-Powell,  University of Sydney, Australia
Annemiek Linn,  University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Julien Mancini,  Aix-Marseille University, France
Corine Meppelink,  University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stephanie Partridge,  University of Sydney, Australia
Kristen Pickles,  University of Sydney, Australia
Don Sim,  Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Marguerite Tracy,  University of Sydney, Australia
Sarah White,  University of New South Wales, Australia
Yibo Wu,  Peking University, China

Editorial Board
Stacy Carter,  University of Wollongong, Australia

Ana Cristina Ostermann, 

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil

 

Open access

Health Literacy and Communication Open is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

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  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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