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 3^rd HLCA Summer School on Health Literacy will provide both a general and a specific overview on theoretical and practical evidence regarding health literacy. Participants will be introduced into:
1. health literacy research in general with a focus on:

• conceptual and methodological considerations;
• the use of measurement methods and data analysis;
• intervention studies:
  a) mental health literacy;
  b) e-health and digital health literacy;
  c) general health literacy;
• health literacy policy-making and social issues;
• advocacy for health literacy and health literacy champions, including skill development;
• health literate organisation, settings and health literacy friendly approaches;

2. methods and ethics of childhood research and research with children;

3. health literacy research with children.

Published in GI-Mail 07/2018 (English edition). Sign up for GI-Mail here.  

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