jo protheroe - health literacy and health inequality
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Health literacy – Making it everybody’s business
Dr Joanne Protheroe
Chair of Health Literacy Group UKGP and Senior Lecturer
West Gorton Medical Centre
What is health literacy?
“the personal characteristics and social resources needed for individuals and
communities to access, understand, appraise and use information and services to make
decisions about health.”
World Health Organisation, 2015
What is health literacy?
“the personal characteristics and social resources needed for individuals and
communities to access, understand, appraise and use information and services to make
decisions about health.”
World Health Organisation, 2015
Resources / Policy changes
• Must be meaningful and realistic• Not ‘tick box’ • Raise awareness• User testing • Development and evaluation of interventions
10:30-10:45
Coffee/registration
Chair: Jo Protheroe 10:45-11:00
Welcome from Health Literacy Group UK Chair – Jo Protheroe
11:00-11:15 Gill Rowlands: Update on RCGP and NHS England report and 5 year action plan
11.15-11.30 Brief Q&A
11:30-11:45 Jill Roberts – UCL Institute of Health Equity - Jill will present the report ‘Health Literacy and Health Equity’
11.45-12.15 Brief Q&A and discussion 12.15-13.15
Lunch
Chair: Gill Rowlands and Jonathan Berry 13:15-13:30
Don Redding, from National Voices, will reflect on health reforms and how Health Literacy can enhance the patient voice.
13:30-13:45
Brief Q&A
13.45-14.00
Adrian Sieff, from The Health Foundation, will consider what policies to we need to embed health literacy in the health and social care system.
14.00-14.15 Any questions? 14.15-14.50 Group discussions: Policy, where do we go from here?14:50-15:00
Closing remarks: Jo Protheroe
Health Literacy Group UK1-day Conference at The Beardmore Hotel and Conference
Centre, GlasgowFriday 18th March 2016 SAVE THE DATE!
Join us for our 4th UK Conference
Health Literacy at the Deep End: Addressing Health Inequalities
We welcome applications - oral presentation/posters
•Health Literacy research and development •Innovative and exciting Health Literacy practices
The abstract submission guidelines are available on www.healthliteracy.org.uk or from Sue Weir ([email protected]).
Abstract submission opens 25th June and closes
12pm Sunday 1st November 2015.