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Rima E. Rudd, ScD

Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health

Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health
Phone: (617) 432-1135
Fax: (617) 432-3123


rrudd@hsph.harvard.edu

Rima E. Rudd, ScD

Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health

EDUCATIONAL TITLES

  • Senior Lecturer, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health
  • Director of Educational Programs, Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health

DF/HCC PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Research Abstract

The Health and Adult Learning and Literacy (HALL) research projects focus on barriers and facilitating factors related to health communication and access to health promotion, disease prevention, and curative services programs among adults with limited literacy skills. The Literacy in Arthritis Management: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Novel Patient Education Intervention is being conducted with the RB Brigham Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Clinical Research Center.

Publications from Harvard Catalyst Profiles

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  • Rudd RE. Health Literacy Considerations for a New Cancer Prevention Initiative. Gerontologist 2019; 59:S7-S16. PubMed
  • Goto A, Lai AY, Kumagai A, Koizumi S, Yoshida K, Yamawaki K, Rudd RE. Collaborative Processes of Developing A Health Literacy Toolkit: A Case from Fukushima after the Nuclear Accident. J Health Commun 2018; 23:200-206. PubMed
  • Tran BNN, Ruan QZ, Epstein S, Ricci JA, Rudd RE, Lee BT. Literacy analysis of National Comprehensive Cancer Network patient guidelines for the most common malignancies in the United States. Cancer 2017. PubMed
  • Tran BNN, Singh M, Lee BT, Rudd R, Singhal D. Readability, complexity, and suitability analysis of online lymphedema resources. J Surg Res 2017; 213:251-260. PubMed
  • Groene OR, Wills J, Crichton N, Rowlands G, Rudd RR. The health literacy dyad: the contribution of future GPs in England. Educ Prim Care 2017. PubMed
  • Tran BNN, Singh M, Singhal D, Rudd R, Lee BT. Readability, complexity, and suitability of online resources for mastectomy and lumpectomy. J Surg Res 2017; 212:214-221. PubMed
  • Bababekov YJ, Pomposelli JJ, Yeh H, Rudd RE, Chang DC. Surgical Outcomes: Shifting the Focus From Measurement to Improvement. Ann Surg 2016. PubMed
  • Koch-Weser S, Dejong W, Rudd RE. Medical word use in clinical encounters. Health Expect 2009; 12:371-82. PubMed
  • Wolf MS, Wilson EA, Rapp DN, Waite KR, Bocchini MV, Davis TC, Rudd RE. Literacy and learning in health care. Pediatrics 2009; 124 Suppl 3:S275-81. PubMed
  • Apter AJ,Paasche-Orlow MK,Remillard JT,Bennett IM,Ben-Joseph EP,Batista RM,Hyde J,Rudd RE. Numeracy and communication with patients: they are counting on us. J Gen Intern Med 2008; 23:2117-24. PubMed
  • Gilman SE, Martin LT, Abrams DB, Kawachi I, Kubzansky L, Loucks EB, Rende R, Rudd R, Buka SL. Educational attainment and cigarette smoking: a causal association? Int J Epidemiol 2008; 37:615-24. PubMed
  • Fennell DA, Steele JP, Shamash J, Slater SE, Sheaff MT, Wells P, Rudd RM, Stebbing J. Phase II trial of irinotecan, cisplatin and mitomycin for relapsed small cell lung cancer. Int J Cancer 2007; 121:2575-7. PubMed
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