Infographics are important tools for clearly and simply explaining complex topics to the public using visual aids. Infographics are especially important for public health purposes to allow patients to be educated about illnesses, diseases and other health care topics. Using infographics also allows people to understand how a disease may be spread, treated and prevented.

Infographics pertaining to public health are often spread through print or digital media. In a study conducted by Professor David Steensma from Harvard Medical School, he found that using infographics on a one to one scale with a patient with a certain syndrome helped the patients understand their diagnosis and outcomes better due to the visual aids provided in the infographic (McCrorie et al., 2016). Images and symbols in the infographics could also be helpful to overcome language barriers if the infographic is displayed in one language. For these reasons, relevant infographics, created by the CDC and public health officials, should continue to be used and spread in the media and displayed in public areas, such as medical clinics and schools.

For this blog project, I created infographics by repurposing an infographic project from my Introduction to Epidemiology (PUB-205) class and used previous work from my One Health (BIO-445) to create new infographics on Canva. 

 

Citations:

McCrorie, A. D., Donnelly, C., & McGlade, K. J. (2016). Infographics: Healthcare Communication for the Digital Age. The Ulster medical journal, 85(2), 71–75.

Steensma D. P. (2016). Graphical representation of clinical outcomes for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. Leukemia & lymphoma, 57(1), 17–20. https://doi.org/10.3109/10428194.2015.1061191