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Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
Public Service Announcements (PSAs) are 30- or 60-second video or audio spots
that AHRQ produces to provide consumers with health care information.
Video PSAs
Audio PSAs
Video PSAs
March 2008 |
Medication Safety: Know Your Medication
Stresses the importance of knowing the names of medicines
and reasons for taking them. Also in Spanish.
30 seconds, Flash, 3.4 MB
Transcript |
March 2008 |
Medication Safety: Take an Active Role in Your Health Care
Features tips for taking medication safely.
30 seconds, Flash, 3.4 MB
Transcript |
March 2008 |
Revise
Sus Medicamentos
Este video trata de la importancia de informarse acerca
de los medicamentos que se toman.
30 seconds, Flash, 3.4 MB
(Transcript) |
March 2008 |
Medication Safety: Check Your Medication
Discusses the importance of taking an active role in health
care to keep from taking the wrong amount or type of medicine.
60 seconds, Flash, 6.7 MB
(Transcript)
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January 2007 |
Smoking Cessation,
with National Football League Hall of Famer Darrell Green
Features National Football League Hall of Fame Pro Darrell
Green talking with third-grade children about how smoking
affects them.
30-second spots, Flash. 3.0-3.4 MB each. |
July 2006 |
Be Active, with Dr. Debi Thomas
Features Olympic medalist and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Debi Thomas,
who informs children and adults about how to be more involved in
their own health care.
Multiple spots, 30- and 60-second spots, Windows® Media. |
May 2005 |
5 Steps to Safer
Health Care
Emphasizes good communication between health care providers and patients to
reduce a potential source of problems in an increasingly complex health care
system. Features Laura Innes, who played Dr. Kerry Weaver on the NBC show ER.
30 seconds, Real Media, 852 MB high, 380 MB low. |
October 2004 |
Play It Safe
Discusses the importance of knowing how and when to take medication.
30 seconds, Flash, 3.1 MB
(Transcript) |
Audio
PSAs
March 2008 |
Taking
Medication Safely
Features AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy on how to take
medications safely.
(30 seconds, MP3,
501 KB) (Transcript) |
March 2008 |
Be
Prepared for Medical Appointments
Emphasizes that the single most important thing consumers can do for their health
is to ask questions.
(30 seconds, MP3,
463 KB) ( Transcript) |
February 2008 |
If
You're Pregnant and You Smoke
Stresses that the risk of babies being born too small increases when the mother
smokes.
(30 seconds, MP3,
462 KB) (Transcript) |
February 2008 |
Be
Prepared for Medical Appointments Version 2
Emphasizes being active in health care.
(30 seconds, MP3,
477 KB) (Transcript) |
February 2008 |
Tips
to Prevent Medical Errors
Emphasizes how to avoid medical errors by being more involved in health care.
(30 seconds, MP3,
424 KB) (Transcript) |
November 2007 |
Questions
to Ask Before Surgery
Stresses being active in health care decisions to receive quality care.
(30 seconds, MP3,
469 KB) (Transcript) |
September 2007 |
Benefit
from Healthy Living
Features AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy saying it's never too late to benefit
from healthy living.
(40 seconds, MP3,
633 KB) (Transcript) |
March 2007 |
Questions
are the Answer
Emphasizes communicating with doctors and asking questions to reduce the risk
of suffering a medical mistake.
(30 seconds, MP3,
478 KB) (Transcript) |
January 2007 |
Having
Surgery: What You Need To Know
Discusses the need to make informed decisions before having surgery.
(30 seconds, MP3,
477 KB) (Transcript) |
March 2006 |
It's
Never Too Late to Quit
Stresses that once smokers quit, their breathing, circulation, and health start
to improve immediately.
(30 seconds, MP3,
469 KB) (Transcript) |
October 2004 |
Don't
Play Around with Medicine
Stresses following instructions and talking with doctors and pharmacists about
medicines.
(30 seconds, MP3,
468 KB) (Transcript) |
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