Health Literacy Week 2020

This annual worldwide awareness raising event has been going strong ever since helen osborne founded it in 1999.

Health literacy week 2020. Cilip technology review october 20 2020. National health education week nhew promotes awareness of public health issues and a better understanding of the role of health education. Knowledge for healthcare priorities key events and blog topics for 2020 21 october 27 2020.

This annual worldwide awareness raising event has been going strong ever since helen osborne founded it in 1999. By improving people s access to health information and their capacity to use it effectively. Health literacy month is a time for organizations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information.

Use this toolkit to celebrate nhew in your community. For the first time health literacy professionals will be able to attend a single conference integrating research practice and policy. The theme for 2020 is.

Nhew 2020 health education as a catalyst for change activities daily themes. Health literacy underpinned by digital literacy for the 21st century october 14 2020. Health literacy month is a time for organizations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information.

Extension of the health literacy theme allows for mhcs and key stakeholders to build upon work undertaken in 2018 and 2019. Integrated health literacy research practice policyvirtual conference set for october 19 21 2020. Lack of healthcare literacy can seriously hamper global healthcare efforts.

Health literacy and safe use of medicines. Thus health literacy means more than being able to read pamphlets and make appointments. Open access week october 22 2020.