Meet the Team

In our premiere episode, we share the definition of health literacy, our mission and vision for the show, and tell you a little bit about our backstory.

Per the CDC, health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

Health literacy emphasizes people’s ability to use health information rather than just understand it and focuses on the ability to make “well-informed” decisions rather than “appropriate” ones


Each episode we'll share our TMI Takeaway, or what we hope the audience learns from the episode. For today's episode, the TMI Takeaways are: 
1. Understand who we are as nurses
2. Why we're starting this podcast
3. Why health literacy is important 


“In healthcare, there is often too much information and not enough time. Here at The Melanin Initiative, we avoid TMI by breaking things down into language you can understand, we create a safe space to ask your questions, and share our nursing perspective without taking too much of your time. Thanks for tuning in. Join us every week for TMI Tuesdays at 10!”

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YouTube: The Melanin Initiative

*This show is for educational purposes only. The opinions expressed are our opinions alone, they are not a representation of any of our affiliations. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, you should seek medical attention and medical guidance from your healthcare provider.