Expertise

Beccah Rothschild, Principal of Health Engagement Strategies, has spent over two decades creating, implementing, and evaluating health interventions that are clear, easy to understand, and evidence-based. She is a master of health literacy, patient engagement, and clear communication. Beccah has created interventions for diverse populations in 12 languages, having demonstrable impact and influencing change at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Beccah’s expertise spans multiple areas and topics, including:

• High-value care and healthcare overuse;

• Medication management and adherence;

• Health coverage and insurance;

• A wide range of disease states and conditions;

• Healthcare delivery systems; and,

• Accessibility to care for seniors and people with limited literacy skills and/or English proficiency.

How else can Health Engagement Strategies help you? Beccah has been a frequent keynote speaker and webinar presenter, consumer-health advocate, leader of user-experience testing, focus group facilitator, effective and efficient project manager, social media liaison, and Spanish-language reviewer.

A sampling of clients and past employers and collaborators includes: Consumer Reports, the California Health Care Foundation, the University of California (Berkeley) School of Public Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the California Department of Health Care Services, the Donaghue Foundation, America’s Essential Hospitals, the Mission Economic Development Agency, UCLA Department of Medicine, the ABIM Foundation, Peten Health, Ag Health Benefits Alliance, Cambridge BioMarketing, Biolumina, the Norwegian Medical Association, and Second Start Adult Literacy.

A sampling of presentations includes: Improving Value in Health Care (Seattle); Choosing Wisely Switzerland Symposium (Lugano, Switzerland); Health Literacy for Pharmaceuticals (New York City); Choosing Wisely Summit (Washington DC), Value-Added Care Conference (Amsterdam); California Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems (San Francisco); Smart Care California (Sacramento); National Cooperative RX and Health Care Cost Management Corporation (Anchorage); Medicaid Marketing and Outreach Conference (Orlando); HIV/AIDS Education for Primary School Teachers (Arusha, Tanzania); California Department of Managed Care Help Center (Sacramento); Evaluating Health Promoters (Peten, Guatemala); Nevada Business Group on Health (Reno), and Institute for Health Care Advancement’s Annual Health Literacy Conference (Anaheim).

A sampling of publications includes:

• Participatory Design of Mass Health Communication in Three Languages for Seniors and People with Disabilities on Medicaid

• Lessons Learned from Patient Engagement

• Advancing the Choosing Wisely Campaign in Clinical Practices and Communities

• MyPyramid.gov: Assessment of Literacy, Cultural and Linguistic Factors in the USDA Food Pyramid Website

• Choosing Wisely Town Hall Meeting Action Manual

• Say What? Understanding Health Information