Beth Hoffman
Assistant Professor at Pitt Public Health. Sister of Emily, forever 34. 💞 Kitten fosterer. Cat Mom to Arthur, Java, Brielle. ☕️
- 🚨New paper out in @jhealthcomm.bsky.social! 🚨 We developed and pilot-tested an edutainment-based curriculum to help future healthcare providers address health misinformation using motivational interviewing (MI). A 🧵
- Patients increasingly bring infectious disease misinformation into clinical encounters, but many health trainees feel unprepared to respond. So, we piloted an approach using medical drama clips (ER, Chicago Med), didactic on misinformation + MI, and small-group script rewriting using MI principles.
- The sessions were part of a clinical encounters course for physician assistant (PA) students. We saw significant improvements in: ✔️ Ability to identify misinformation ✔️ Comfort using MI with patients expressing misinformation
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View full threadThis curriculum is scalable and adaptable for other health professions and learning environments. 📎 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1080/1081... #HealthCommunication #Misinformation #MedicalEducation #MotivationalInterviewing #Edutainment
- Thanks for highlighting our study!
- 📺 TV depictions of out-of-hospital #CardiacArrest may mislead viewers about who is most likely to need cardiopulmonary #resuscitation (CPR) and where it’s needed, new research led by @bethlhoffman.bsky.social, and published in @ahajournals.bsky.social reveals. #CPR
- 📺🫀 New study out in Circulation: Population Health & Outcomes! We analyzed how out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and Hands-Only CPR are depicted on scripted U.S. television: www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... 🧵👇
- First, some context: Over 350,000 OHCAs happen each year in the U.S., and bystander CPR can double or triple survival. In teaching Hands-Only CPR in local communities, a lot of people incorrectly thought they should check for a pulse or give breaths. Could that be because of what they see on TV?
- We reviewed 169 scripted TV episodes (2008–present) with cardiac arrest–related content. 👉 93 showed OHCA 👉 85 showed CPR 👉 54 depicted CPR by a layperson, so should have been Hands-Only CPR
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View full threadOur takeaway: 📺 Media is a powerful public health tool. Closer collaboration between public health experts + content creators could help ensure CPR on screen is both common and correct. And, so grateful to my coauthors and collaborators @pittdeptofmed.bsky.social and Public Health!
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanHere is the CBS Sunday Morning piece for which I was interviewed about findings from my book Coverage Denied. Health insurance barriers ration health care by inconvenience, imposing hurdles to get prescribed care with administratively burdensome appeals many can’t navigate. youtu.be/SRPOoPDN-7w?...
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanThis is one of our favorites!
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanZoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again. “Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.” We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanThere is nothing an American president could do worse for his own people than starving the poor right before Thanksgiving. Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
- Grateful that I had the opportunity to consult on the @learcenter.bsky.social's latest study, which looked at the impact of The Pitt's organ donation and end-of-life care storylines on viewers: www.mediaimpactproject.org/thepitt.html
- Challenging the notion that TV can be either informative or entertaining, the study found that viewers who saw these storylines were more likely than non-viewers to say they sought or shared information about organ donation and end-of-life planning.
- What a full circle moment thinking about watching TV together inspired me and Emily to have these important conversations many years ago #healthcommunication #siblinggrief
- Reposted by Beth Hoffman@pgh-health-science.bsky.social @sarahross1.bsky.social @jaketomson.bsky.social @90for90.bsky.social PA Judicial Elections are one of the Last Lines of Defense in the US www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
- Reposted by Beth Hoffman@pgh-health-science.bsky.social is working to get billboards up in the Pittsburgh area to educate about this issue. Please donate to maddogpac.com/cart if you want to help. apnews.com/article/penn... supreme court battles move to Pennsylvania, where 3 Democratic justices hope to keep seats
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanThe Pitt won Outstanding Drama Series at the #Emmys, and R. Scott Gemmill dedicated the award to healthcare workers: "Respect them. Protect them. Trust them.” 🏆 www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
- Thrilled to share my latest manuscript with the amazing @stephherold.bsky.social where we analyzed comments posted in response to abortion plotline TV clips on YouTube. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- We looked at clips on official channels, and were surprised that a majority of comments were from legal dramas (as opposed to medical). These channels had an average of 1.78 million subscribers - a huge audience!
- For the comments themselves, the most frequent category was arguing with another poster (41.2%), but only about 2/3 of those were also coded as hostile. Could it be that people were engaging in respectful dialogue? We plan to do more in-depth qualitative work to find out!
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View full threadAlso, I'd be remiss if I didn't add how wonderful it was to work with Steph, and how much I am looking forward to future collaboration! #science #entertainmenteducation #TV #abortion #research #publichealth
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanUPMC removed and altered dozens of prominent web pages last week related to LGBTQ+ health care, diversity, equity and inclusion and racial health disparities. Via @ChrissySuttles www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanWithout evidence, RFK Jr said, "autistic children will never pay taxes...hold a job..play baseball...write a poem... go out on a date, & many of them will never use a toilet unassisted." This is false. People with Autism do these things, & are in no way lesser citizens. #PublicHealthMalpractice
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- Reposted by Beth HoffmanRFK is committing #PublicHealthMalpractice.
- I am beyond honored to be the recipient of this year’s Bernard D. Goldstein Undergraduate Public Health teaching award. I want to extend my sincere, heartfelt gratitude to my amazing students, who give me hope and joy in these unprecedented times.
- I also want to thank my amazing mentors and colleagues. So much has changed since this day 3 years ago when Emily stood by my side at my PhD graduation, but I’m grateful for all the support and for all the professional opportunities that have come my way.
- It makes my blood boil that we have a vaccine that prevents cancer and an HHS secretary that is behind lawsuits against said vaccine, but trying to experience a little joy with this news. Also, a great reminder of why it is beyond dumb to slash NIH funding: apple.news/AaIWRG51tRzS...
- Happy #Caturday from Mother Nature and kittens Lava, Wildfire, Tsunami, Lightening, and Thunder
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanFrom an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
- Reposted by Beth Hoffman🚨 With federal funding dwindling, we’ve created a starter pack of funding bodies offering #grants for #research🔬 📣 Repost & 💙 to connect #researchers with #funding 💵 💶 💷 #ResearchFunding #NIH #ERC #AcademicSky #MedSky #AcademicChatter #ECRChat #NewPI #academia #science #StandWithScience #eloquentiat://did:plc:nu73sqnhqbpvddiihpek7n2e/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3li2kwi5xlf27
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanFrom Meghan O’Rourke in Yale’s English department. Read this and send it to everyone you know. This isn’t a drill. We’re teetering on the abyss now and we need all hands on deck. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
- It was such an honor last night to moderate the panel for Rescue to Reel, where we heard from members of Freedom House Ambulance service about their experience being the FIRST responders.
- We also heard from Dr. Joe Sachs who wrote The Pitt episode that shared the story of Freedom House with millions, Harold Sylvester Jr. who played the Freedom House member, and Krystal McNeil, as well as those who have been sharing Freedom House’s story via documentaries and books. Thank you to all!
- Last night's episode of The Pitt featured a storyline about Freedom House ambulance service, highlighting the pioneering work of the Black men and women that paved the way for today's EMS systems.
- Join us at Pitt Public Health on Tuesday night for a screening of these scenes and documentaries about Freedom House, followed by a panel discussion (virtual option available if not in Pgh) with members of Freedom House, local professionals who consulted for The Pitt, and other special guests!
- Spots are filling up fast, register today! calendar.pitt.edu/event/rescue...
- Just say no to “just say no”
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanShutting down the CDC’s flu vaccine campaign in the middle of a severe season—with 24M+ illnesses, 310K hospitalizations, and 13K deaths—while #H5N1 continues to spread and public health officials across HHS are being fired is reckless and endangers lives. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanThe most shocking thing about this is that anyone took him at his word.
- So this happened yesterday…
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanIf only we had some way of inoculating ourselves against this.
- Everyone needs Girl Scout Cookies. Use this list to buy some from truly phenomenal kiddos with big goals and dreams! www.erininthemorning.com/p/2025-trans...
- The Sunday Scaries but for democracy. Countering it with cats. Lots of cats #CatLadiesForDemocracy
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanNow that’s some bullshit👇🏻 #SheShed
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanDoctors and Nurses Should Get Ready for Mass Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
- If you haven't yet, check out The Pitt on Max (episode 3 out tonight!). Thrilled that my colleague was able to advise the show, and also grateful for organizations like @hollywdhealth.bsky.social that work with many, many shows to help get the facts right! www.pitt.edu/pittwire/fea...
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanI have a new op-ed in The Hill on a less discussed aspect of the health insurance coverage delays and denials we've been talking about the last several weeks, and why ERISA reform is needed to deliver the health insurer accountability that these conditions demand. thehill.com/opinion/heal...
- Reposted by Beth HoffmanProud to be among the many hundreds of public health scholars, practitioners, and advocates who signed this open letter opposing RFK Jr., which was highlighted by the New York Times. Currently in the @defendpublichealth.bsky.social meeting and we've got a great team to safeguard health & health ins.
- This is us. We are pushing back. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...
- The Pitt premiere on the first day of my Entertainment Media and Health class. I started down the path of studying media and health when my sister got me hooked on ER. It’s a total coincidence but perfectly timed!
- Epidemiology 101: you cannot increase or decrease your risk of death. Risk of death (at least for right now) is always 100%. This is why teaching #medialiteracy and science communication is so important! @cnn.com please do better www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/h...
