stART the Talk™
stART the Talk™
stART the TalkTM combines art and health education to create an engaging experience for clients in waiting areas. This wall art will be a visual focal point sparking organic conversations about key health and lifestyle issues. The information is curated from accredited sources providing up-to-date evidence-based guidelines for the topic of each piece.
stART the TalkTM is committed to supporting health and well-being education in various settings whether it is managing prevalent healthcare conditions or promoting healthy lifestyles our wall art pieces aim to inform and inspire.
- Changing the Course for the Social Determinants of Health Through Education
Who We Serve
We serve Healthcare providers in all specialties and types of services who strive to support the health and well-being of their clients.
Patients, clients and patrons who need evidence-based health and lifestyle guidance and resources to support them on their journey to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviors.
How It Works
stART the Talk™ Experience
Client/Patient
Experience
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Client/patient reviews stART the Talk™ Guidelines while waiting.
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Client/patient initiates education with questions prompted by stART the Talk™ infographic.
3
Client/patient leaves with guidelines in hand and links to additional resources.
Healthcare
Team Experience
1
Comprehensive eLearning and digital resources empower your team to lead meaningful stART the Talk™ conversations.
2
Healthcare team member refers to stART the Talk™ guidelines to engage in education.
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Education and follow-up plan may be documented in EHR.
Getting Started
stART the Talk™ Engagement Process
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Custom Order Portal
stART the Talk™ wall art will be customized with your logo.
Special orders may be designed in the size, colors, and frame of your choice.
Research Findings
Changing the Course for the Social Determinants of Health Through Education
Creating Effective Infographics and Visual Abstracts to Disseminate Research and Facilitate Medical Education on Social Media
. . . When we see a picture of something, our brain stores that information as a visual image but also as a word in our language center, thus making it easier to remember and retrieve information in the future.
By Jennifer O. Spicer, Caroline G.
Coleman, Clinical Infectious
Diseases, Volume 74, Issue
Supplement_3, 15 May 2022, Pages
e14–e22
Retrieved from
BRAIN RULE RUNDOWN
Rule #10: Vision trumps all other senses.
We are incredible at remembering pictures. Hear a piece of information, and three days later you’ll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you’ll remember 65%.
Investigation of the use of infographics to aid second language vocabulary learning
… Moreover, the participants demonstrate highly positive attitudes toward learning with infographics.
By Amjaad Mansour Alwadei & Mohammed Ali Mohsen, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Article number: 108(2023)
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About Us
About the Creator of stART the Talk™
Rebecca Falanga, MBA, RN, is a seasoned healthcare leader, consultant, and educator with a diverse background. Her career has encompassed pivotal roles in chronic condition care management programs at Humana and Aetna. Highlighting expertise in developing innovative healthcare solutions. stART The Talk™ continues Rebecca’s commitment to design and provide brief, readable health and lifestyle guidelines from recognized credible references as a powerful tool for promoting the health and well-being of all communities.
