Health literacy for nurses and midwives – how it can help you make a difference

Why it’s important and how it can help your practice

Friday 26 March 2021

The Canberra Health Literacy Network presented webinar on health literacy for nurses and midwives.  We discussed why it is important, how it can help improve patient outcomes and how it is integral to nursing practice.  The highly topical issue of vaccine hesitancy was also explored from a health literacy perspective.

Speakers

Professor Karen Strickland, Professor of Nursing and Head of School, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health, University of Canberra

Peta Harbour – Health Literacy: How You Can Help Your Patients, Deputy Head of School, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University

Caroline Hall – Vaccine hesitancy among nurses: What does it mean for health literacy? PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health, University of Canberra

You can find a recording of the webinar here.  You can also find a copy of the slides from the presentation here.

Professor Strickland mentions evidence summaries for vaccines as a strategy to address vaccine hesitancy among nurses and midwives – we will put these up on the website and let you know when they are available.

You can find the article on potential regulatory action for nurses who spread anti-COVID vaccination information in the Australian Nurses and Midwives Journal here and information on the AHPRA position statement on COVID-19 vaccinations here.

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