Never has the health literacy of our population and our institutions been so important. The current COVID-19 crisis brings into sharp relief the consequences of low health literacy in our communities and of our institutions.
A significant proportion of new parents in high-income countries have lower health literacy, but few health literacy interventions exist for this group. This study investigated the feasibility of delivering health literacy content within existing postnatal parenting groups.
This study assessed the impact of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) on different domains of health literacy using a pre-post study design. Participants aged over 16 years and with one or more self-reported chronic diseases were recruited for the CDSMP in western Sydney (a [...]
Low health literacy has been associated with worse health outcomes, but little is known about the effectiveness of health literacy interventions developed for pregnant women. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of health literacy interventions on pregnancy outcomes through asystematic review of randomised controlled trials.
Multilingual patient education materials (PEMs) in Australia are normally prepared initially in English (source text) and then translated into other languages. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the source texts for publicly available multilingual diabetes PEMs in Australia were written at the [...]
Tessa Copp, in collaboration with Professor Jenny Doust (University of Queensland), Associate Professor Jesse Jansen and Professor Kirsten McCaffery, has had her PhD studies on polycystic ovary syndrome featured in an article in The Conversation which was reposted by USyd; Medical Republic; Gizmodo and Foreign Affairs NZ. Tessa's PCOS research was also featured [...]
PCOS is a complex, heterogeneous condition with many areas of uncertainty, raising concerns about both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis. Quantitative studies with clinicians have found considerable variation in diagnostic criteria used and care provided, as well as a lack of awareness around the breadth of PCOS [...]
Note: Given the current requirements to cease all in-person educational meetings at Westmead, the April Health Literacy Seminar will now be pre-recorded and hosted on the Health Literacy Hub website in mid-April. The face-to-face seminar has been cancelled. eHealth literacy has been defined as “the [...]
CANCELLED Wednesday 20 May 2020 International Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney
14-16 September 2020, Oxford, UK PODC 2020 in Oxford, UK will include a number of lively plenary debates about controversial and timely issues, involving high-profile influencers and contributors from across the healthcare landscape. Themes are yet to be decided - please submit about any topic [...]