Liver Education Advocates (formerly NASH kNOWledge)

Another day of our NASH kNOWledge team out and about, raising awareness and sharing education about liver health and specifically fatty liver disease! Today The Flourish Group & Flourish Wellness Coaching brought us to Manchester Bidwell Corporation. Lots of engagement and questions and unfortunately many people who have been diagnosed with fatty liver and/or friends or family who have been. Thank you Maria C. Hernandez Mora and Danielle Buleje for being liver health rockstars! ??????

The University of Pittsburgh is hosting a conference titled "Advancing and Scaling the Equitable Delivery of Patient-Focused?Healthcare Solutions." We are honored to share that our NASH kNOWledge founder Tony Villiotti has been invited to be a panel speaker at this event along with many esteemed and distinguished thought leaders in the healthcare space. This should be a very informative and educational day focused on how patient-centricity is reshaping the healthcare landscape. Learn more here --> https://lnkd.in/giAia_Cf #patientcentric #patientview #patientadvocate #patientadvocacy #healthcare #health #conference #pittsburgh #pitt #pittbusiness

Many thanks to our NASH kNOWledge Board Member Dr. sammy saab and his team at RONALD REAGAN UCLA for providing us an opportunity to have a presence and share our materials at their "Liver Diseases: Update 2024" event back in August. We had a presence without anyone from our Pittsburgh-based team physically being there! There are so many ways to engage with us, and this is one of them...having an event and would like coloring books, brochures, liver stress relievers, one-page infographics on a variety of specialized aspects of fatty liver and liver health? We don't just have our Liver Health Ambassador Program that is helping us expand nationwide, but we are also willing to send materials needed for one-time events too! You can staff the table, or just have our materials sitting out for the taking. Everything we do in the community, at schools, for medical clinics, providers, etc is completely free (which is why funding is such a critical need of ours. We have over 25 clinics/medical offices using our materials, in addition to these one-time events and our Liver Health Ambassadors. Just reach out if interested and we will get you what you need to help your patients, or whichever audience you serve who could benefit from our materials. The power in these kind of grassroots efforts cannot be overlooked! #liverhealth #liverdisease #loveyourliver #livereducation #liveradvocates #patientadvocacy #patientadvocates #patients #caregivers #awareness #education

We recently launched a longer online follow-up survey to people who complete our short-form survey at events. While it is not yet a huge population who has completed the surveys, the responses we have received so far further confirm the gap in knowledge of the general public and the need for the information our team here at NASH kNOWledge and others provides. There continues to be a misconception that liver disease is always, or most often, caused by alcohol and/or drugs. While this is certainly a huge factor in liver disease, non-alcoholic liver diseases are starting to unfortunately take center stage yet so few people realize that! A few of my favorite free form responses that confirm we are making an impact, even if it is one person at a time! :) "My husband is Hispanic and we now understand that there is a high risk of developing fatty liver disease among Hispanics. We also didn’t know how other important information about how the liver works until talking with NASH." "I was surprised to learn that there are many factors that can cause this disease. I was shocked when we discussed the amounts of sugar in drinks and I honestly always thought that alcohol was the main cause. I was surprised to learn that it is a nonalcoholic disease. I have since spoke with my PCP about liver health." "I've become enthusiastic about liver health and the impact of sugar and processed foods on developing NAFL. I found it fascinating that your booth displayed real food alongside their sugar content represented with table sugar. This is incredibly eye-opening for people who don't have a tangible sense of how much sugar they consume daily." #liverhealth #liverdisease #loveyourliver #fattyliver #fattyliverdisease #NAFLD #MASLD #NASH #MASH #sugar #diet #health #healthylifestyle #cirrhosis #livertransplant #patientadvocacy #patientadvocates #nonprofit #awareness #education

If you were going to be giving a presentation on liver disease (specifically MASLD/NAFLD/MASH/NASH) to a group of Physician Assistant students what would be the top 2-3 points you think are most important to share? I am so used to giving presentations to the general public or audiences who are not educated about the liver so seeking some feedback to help me make sure I am hitting the mark! ;) PS - My presentation is on Monday and no I'm not completely procrastinating, it's mostly done but thought it would help to get some insights from the experts currently in the field! #hepatology #hepatologists #PhysicianAssistants #PAStudents #livereducation #liverhealth #liverdisease #NASH #MASH #NAFLD #MASLD #fattyliver #education