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Webinar: Focus on health literacy to improve safety and quality
Focus on health literacy to improve safety and quality Practical advice for health services and professionals The Canberra Health Literacy Network ran its first webinar for 2021 on the 26th February. It featured Herbert Down, Director - Partnering with Consumers, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. The webinar provided an overview [...]
Webinar: Improving health information
Improving health information designed for consumers and carers Thursday 26 November 2020 On Thursday 26th November 2020 the Canberra Health Literacy Network presented it's second webinar - Improving health information designed for consumers and carers. The webinar was presented by Associate Professor Sophie Hill from the Centre for Health Communication and Participation at La [...]
Canberra Health Literacy Network Launch and webinar
Health Literacy Network Goes Live On Wednesday 26 August 2020, the ACT Health Minister, Rachel Stephen-Smith, formally launched the Canberra Health Literacy Network with a speech opening the Network’s inaugural event. The online event attracted over 100 people – consumers, carers, and health and community service professionals – to hear the Minister and keynote [...]
Health Literacy is Critical in a Pandemic
An urgent call for governments to improve pandemic communications, and address health literacy concerns Author: Kirsten McCaffery, Danielle Muscat and Jan Donovan. Copy of an article published by Croakey on 07 April 2020 Editor: Melissa Sweet Never has the health literacy of our population and our institutions been so important. The current COVID-19 crisis brings [...]
Webinar: Health literacy in the ACT
Health literacy in the ACT: Where are we now, and where to from here? Wednesday 26 August 2020 2.00 - 2.50pm Webinar via WebEx Registrations via Eventbrite The Canberra Health Literacy Network invites you to join us for an online workshop to: learn about health literacy issues in the ACT, and identify what you [...]
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Last Updated on 26 September, 2023.