Anders Larrabee Sonderlund

If you would like to participate or find out more about the study, please contact Anders Larrabee Sonderlund at anders.larrabeesonderlund@sydney.edu.au or follow this link to the online questionnaire lnkd.in/eiFfmzHV

Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested.

What does participation involve?

You will need to:
- Fill out a brief online questionnaire about your demographics and health.
- Participate in a 45-minute online interview, at your convenience, where you will review the questionnaire items with a researcher.

No preparation is required.

Who can participate?

You are eligible to participate if are:
- An Australian resident,
- At least 18 years old,
- Fluent in English,
- Did not participate in previous focus groups for this study.

What is this study about?

We have created a questionnaire to measure how individuals may benefit from the health knowledge and skills of their family, friends, and acquaintances. We need people to review this questionnaire to help us make sure that our questions are accurate and reliable.

Participate in a University of Sydney study on health literacy and social connection

Find out more about the study below 👇

#healthliteracy #distributedhealthliteracy #socialnetwork #socialconnection #healthbehavior
@sydneyhealthlitlab.bsky.social

If you would like to participate or find out more about the study, please contact Anders Larrabee Sonderlund at anders.larrabeesonderlund@sydney.edu.au or 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲: lnkd.in/eiFfmzHV

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲?
You will need to:
- Fill out a brief online questionnaire about your socio-demographics and health.
- Participate in a 45-min online interview, at your convenience, where you will review the questionnaire items with a researcher.

No preparation is required.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲?
You are eligible to participate if are:
- An Australian resident,
- At least 18 years old,
- Fluent in English,
- Did not participate in previous focus groups for this study.

What is this study about?

We have created a questionnaire to measure how people may benefit from the health knowledge and skills of their family, friends, and acquaintances. We need people to review questionnaire items. This will help us ensure the accuracy and reliability of our questionnaire.

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Hi Bluesky!

We're a research group at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health. 🛟

We research #healthliteracy & #healthcommunication using behavioural & social science methods.

Follow us for the latest updates on all the exciting projects we're working on!

If you still aim to submit a paper to our journal Health Literacy & Communication Open in December, please get in touch with me by the 20th at carissa.bonner@sydney.edu.au so we can plan how to manage your submission and open access fee waiver over the holiday break. Thank you!