Brenda (B.K.) Walker

Freelance Content & Marketing Specialist | Independent Health Journalist


Professional Content and Marketing Specialist with over 15 years of strong healthcare/medical industry experience and active member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. 

Expertise in Project Management/Content Coordination/Digital Marketing/Social Media Marketing including providing content and layout for: Website Landing Pages, Blogs, White Papers, Newsletters, Flyers, and other online and print collateral. Able to provide services for both small and large organizations while advocating for "best outcomes" for my clients. Expertise in driving the creation of high-quality product and solutions by utilizing solid analytics, planning, and project management oversight.

Whether you are contracting for only my services or for an entire team, I am dedicated to creating an environment of organization, time management, and client-centered delivery that optimizes the opportunity for my clients to focus on growing their brand and business.

My "Super-Power" is knowing when to be the calm in the storm and when to be the storm that breaks the calm, bringing about necessary change.

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Pharmacogenetics: A Pathway to More Effective Treatment

Imagine a day when clinicians are able to treat patients — pharmacologically — armed with the knowledge of what medications are most likely to work for a targeted treatment scenario for that patient — with the likelihood of fewer side effects than using other medications — and less risk of creating addictive consequences for that patient. “I’ll take an order of CYP2C19/clopidogrel along with CYP2CP and VKORC1/warfarin for myself,” J.C. said at the Lab counter. “Then give my wife here an order o
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The Importance of Aftercare in Addiction Treatment

Contributed by Brenda Walker for JourneyPure, The Standard in Addiction Treatment. The floor is cold against Alice’s feet as she tip-toes across the bedroom. The house is dark; she waits until she reaches the kitchen before turning on the light. Her body gives a quick jar as she is startled at the sight of her daughter, Sarah, sitting at the kitchen table—her head buried in her hands. Sarah looks up at her mother, eyes bloodshot from lack of sleep. Alice pats her on the shoulder, turns, grabs the coffee pot, an
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Community Health Information Network Analysis as proposal

The concept of Health Management Information Systems is a continually evolving process. Since the manifestation of networking information technology within the health field, an evolution of diversified program platforms has emerged. As health care needs grew, the requirement for more efficient and effective networking capabilities of computer systems began to subsequently increase. The expansion of information technology in health care from stand-alone terminal systems to the enhanced developments of Community Health Information Networks and Health Management Information Systems has only recently become an indispensible component to the operational success and growth of health organizations.
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Can a Small Rural Community Save a Vietnam Vet from Homelessness?

Many soldiers have watched the sunset over the battlefield while tucked behind trees, sandbags, concrete walls, and the confines of man-made trenches. Little did many of them know, as they waited in the darkness, that their night would likely reflect that of the songs they had heard as children. They would learn that rockets do give off a red glare, and bombs do burst in the air…overhead…behind them…in front of them…and sometimes — on top of them. The sad reality is that many of our soldiers wou
Addiction Hope •

How Do You Start a Conversation About Addiction?

Contributed by JourneyPure, The Standard in Addiction Treatment. In the distance, there are the familiar sounds of raised voices—two, maybe three. They are arguing…“No—wait—please. I just want to talk!”  Then…“Just leave me alone—you don’t know anything—I don’t want to talk about it!”  Followed by the inevitable slamming of the door…silence…and the muffled cries of the one left behind. There is no single, tried-and-true method to starting a conversation with someone caught up in the throes of
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Impact of Obesity on Cardiac Incidences Ex of Integrated Theoratical Framework

This research paper will address the impact and influences of obesity on cardiac incidences through an Integrated Theoretical Framework. This growing epidemic continues to prompt both medical and research professionals to examine the extent of the prevalence of obesity in association with risk factors of cardiac incidences. These risk factors include, but are not limited to hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, cardiac remodeling and obesity as an independent cardiovascular risk factor. Resources covered in this paper utilized a series of research techniques including Double-blind Studies, Randomized Study Designs and Longitudinal Cohort Studies.

Hometown Hero: Guy Stephens - Ex-POW/WWII Battle of the Bulge

Written By: Brenda (B.K.) Walker (in coordination with the Ste It was a cold wintry day on December 16, 1944 in Germany. This hometown hero, Guy Stephens, had no idea just how drastically his life would change over the next several months. He would later learn that the events of that day, and those that followed would forever be memorialized and taught in history books around the world. This is Guy Stephens' story of his experiences during the Battle of the Bulge and his subsequent captu