by Kristine Sørensen PhD, MPH. Health literacy is an emerging area of human and societal investment. Moving from the margin to the mainstream – attention has increased worldwide on how to improve the health literacy of people, communities, organizations, systems and societies. Health literacy is linked to literacy and entails […]

17th to 21st September 2018, Bielefeld, GermanyThe Summer School addresses students from e.g. public health, health communication, education, sociology, psychology, as well as PhD candidates working on health-related research questions. The 3rd HLCA Summer School on Health Literacy will provide both a general and a specific overview on theoretical and practical […]

Workshop 1: Effective and efficient nursing communication – How to succeed? – Marlene Sator, PhD Effective and efficient communication with patients is a core nursing competence, which improves nursing outcomes and patient as well as nurse satisfaction. Especially for international nurses, who have to work in a language, which is […]

17th to 19th November 2015, Brussels, Belgium. The 3rd European Health Literacy Conference will foster the exchange between researchers, practitioners and policy makers regarding health literacy during the life course, from various perspectives. During the Conference participants will share evidence-based actions and practices in the area of health literacy. The […]