Communication and engagement of community members from ethnic minorities during COVID-19: a scoping review

H Seale, B Harris-Roxas, K Mustafa, P McDermid - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives This review examined the factors influencing communication and engagement
with ethnic and racial minority groups in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. It aimed …

New frontiers in health literacy: using ChatGPT to simplify health information for people in the community

J Ayre, O Mac, K McCaffery, BR McKay, M Liu… - Journal of General …, 2024 - Springer
Background Most health information does not meet the health literacy needs of our
communities. Writing health information in plain language is time-consuming but the release …

COVID-19 messages targeting young people on social media: content analysis of Australian health authority posts

M Taba, J Ayre, B Freeman… - Health Promotion …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Health authorities utilized social media during the COVID-19 pandemic to disseminate
critical and timely health messages, specifically targeting priority groups such as young …

Psychological, social and financial impacts of COVID-19 on culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Sydney, Australia

DM Muscat, J Ayre, O Mac, C Batcup, E Cvejic… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To explore the psychological, social and financial outcomes of COVID-19—and
the sociodemographic predictors of those outcomes—among culturally and linguistically …

Embedding health literacy research and best practice within a socioeconomically and culturally diverse health service: A narrative case study and revised model of co …

DM Muscat, D Mouwad, K McCaffery… - Health …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Health literacy interventions and research outcomes are not routinely or
systematically implemented within healthcare systems. Co‐creation with stakeholders is a …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing behavioral barriers to COVID-19 testing with health literacy–sensitive eHealth interventions: results from 2 national surveys and 2 randomized …

C Bonner, C Batcup, E Cvejic, J Ayre… - JMIR Public Health …, 2023 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for COVID-19 was crucial in
Australia's prevention strategy in the first 2 years of the pandemic, including required testing …

Disparities in public understanding, attitudes, and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of health literacy

KJ McCaffery, J Ayre, R Dodd, K Pickles… - … Services & Use, 2023 - content.iospress.com
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to address health literacy as a critical
priority for public health. Health literacy is crucial during a pandemic for understanding and …

Addressing the health literacy needs and experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse populations in Australia during COVID-19: A research embedded …

D Zachariah, D Mouwad, DM Muscat… - Journal of Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Communicating health information quickly and effectively with diverse populations has been
essential during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, health communication practices are …

The Decentralized Generation of Public Knowledge during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examples from Australia

DHR Spennemann - Knowledge, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–2022, public uncertainty about the
nature of the virus, and in particular its symptoms and mode of transmission, was met by the …

Multilingual COVID-19 vaccination videos in NSW, Australia: a case study of cultural-responsiveness on social media

DH Heinrichs, A Wang, J Zhou… - Journal of Visual …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Multimodal communication via social media employed by governments as a COVID-19
communication strategy with multilingual populations hopes to alter behaviours and …