{"id":6240,"date":"2026-08-28T12:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:28:01","slug":"how-can-public-health-education-help-you-with-medical-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/2026\/08\/28\/how-can-public-health-education-help-you-with-medical-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"How can public health education help you with medical literacy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/88150381\/admin\/page-posts\/published\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-8.png\" alt=\"Your social media Feed Is Not Your Doctor. What Viral Health Advice Can Teach Us About Public Health\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6241 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-8.png 1280w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-8-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-8-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2026\/08\/newsletter-8-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Due to the internet, health information moves fast and misinformation moves faster. Public health professionals are the people communities trust to sort signal from noise. That takes training, practice, and a commitment to evidence. It&#8217;s exactly what an MPH is built to teach.<\/span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><span>Read our latest edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/how-can-public-health-education-help-you-medical-literacy-uconnaphs-surac\/?trackingId=uUqqpUw%2BkCL0WocBWnTnSA%3D%3D\">Your Dose of Public Health<\/a> today!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the internet, health information moves fast and misinformation moves faster. Public health professionals are the people communities trust to sort signal from noise. That takes training, practice, and a commitment to evidence. It&#8217;s exactly what an MPH is built to teach. Read our latest edition of Your Dose of Public Health today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3717,"featured_media":6246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-05 07:04:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6247,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6240\/revisions\/6247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}