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Insights from yesterday’s webinar on health awareness and digital health literacy 🏥 Yesterday, we discussed solutions and initiatives regarding health awareness and digital health literacy with three experts in our Community Talks webinar. A huge thank you to our panellists: 🌐Saskia Maria De Gani from the Careum Center for Health Literacy  🌐Michael Kubli from KINASTIC AG 🌐Raphael Tremeaud from Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz Our key takeaways:  - Strong coordination among stakeholders is essential for reaching vulnerable groups and overcoming language barriers in health promotion. - Competencies in handling digital solutions are evolving, meaning continuous learning and critical thinking are key elements in health literacy. - The health system needs to be turned upside down to focus more on prevention. Together, we can shape a patient-centric, data-driven future for healthcare. 🏥💻📊 #HealthcareTransformation #DigitalHealth #PreventionMatters #HealthData

So - we need more case studies on Health impact Assessment showing how it can be done and de-mystifying it. What to do when examples and cases are not easy to come by? The Institute of Public Health had a webinar today to launch a fictional case study. This is an extract of a fictional HIA report and it has a set of slides to show how all the pieces fit together. Resources are here (https://lnkd.in/erX6VwDa - scroll to downloads) and you can watch the webinar here (https://lnkd.in/emAGcnyD). You'll also see Joanna Purdy talking through a small but instructive survey of what people need and want to get going on Health Impact Assessment.

Hi thank you for the webinar really helpful! - can you please let me know where i can access the case study resource

SAMSHA has described internet & digital access as a "superdeterminant of health" - associated with access to care, health literacy, and many other factors. With 1 in 6 households relying on subsidized internet access through the ACP program, it's important to understand the impact that ending this program will have on patients and clients. Stay informed with Ascendient's monthly research e-brief, covering current topics like this. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/e-QxPGhp

Breaking barriers for Health for All! I am so excited to share the release of a new comprehensive World Health Organization handbook designed to tackle barriers to effective health service coverage. This groundbreaking publication is a culmination of years of work and collaboration, and it's a vital resource for achieving universal health coverage. Key highlights: 🩺Context: According to recent data, 4.5 billion people lacked full coverage of essential health services in 2021, and 2 billion faced financial hardship in 2019. ⚕️Framework: The handbook applies the Tanahashi framework through an 8-module, mixed-method research approach, focusing on barriers faced by both potential users and non-users of health services. The handbook facilitates the capturing of evidence on the interface between the population and the services. 👩🏽⚕️🧑🏻⚕️Target readership: Ideal for technical staff in national and subnational authorities, research institutions, universities, multilateral organizations, NGOs, civil society organizations and patients’ associations. Why it matters: This handbook is part of WHO's commitment to equity in the Fourteenth General Programme of Work, 2025-2028 (GPW14), which was adopted by Member States at this year’s World Health Assembly. It provides practical tools for equity-oriented, rights-based and gender responsive planning and programming in health sectors around the world. Get involved! Health for All begins with each of us taking action. Ensuring no one is left behind starts with understanding the barriers different people face in accessing health services. Dive into this essential resource and join the movement to break down these barriers. Download the Handbook today: https://lnkd.in/g2UdefeH #HealthForAll

🌟 Upcoming Webinar Alert: Challenging the Norms in Health Research 🌟 Title: How We’re All Contributing to the “Health Disparities Research Industrial Complex” Presenter: Dr. Jerel Ezell, Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences and Director of the Center for Cultural Humility, University of California, Berkeley - School of Public Health. 🗓 When: April 2024 | Register by: April 2nd The Region 2 Public Health Training Center invites you to a transformative session exploring the depths of the health disparities research industrial complex. Led by the esteemed Dr. Jerel Ezell, this Log-in2Learn live webinar will unravel how our contributions shape the landscape of health research and its implications on communities. 💡 You Will Learn To: - Grasp the essence of the Health Disparities Research Industrial Complex. - Recognize our roles within this complex framework. - Formulate strategies to address and mitigate these disparities. 📌 Why Attend? - Gain insightful knowledge from a leading voice in community health sciences. - Engage in meaningful dialogue on shifting the paradigms of health research. - Connect with professionals passionate about cultural humility and health equity. 🔗 Secure Your Spot Now: https://lnkd.in/eGaNkX5G Full Registration Link: https://lnkd.in/eynwjba5 Join us in paving the way for a more equitable and inclusive future in health research. Your participation is a step toward understanding and dismantling the barriers to health equity. #Impactivo #PCMH #HealthDisparities #PublicHealth #Webinar #ResearchInnovation

In celebrating EU Public Health Week Yesterday saw the EIWH, Dr Vanessa Moore, present the findings of their work in the IDEAHL project to the Young Women’s Health Network. Established in 2023, the Young Women’s Health Network was created to hear the voices of young women, as women of all ages deserve a health sector that supports them pro-actively across their life-course. Women’s health must be supported by culturally appropriate healthcare services in a timely manner with care based on identified needs, and where girls and young women’s voices matter and are represented in decision making. This group was the ideal setting for disseminating the results of the EIWH’s co-creation work with young women on the topic of digital health literacy ((d)HL) in the IDEAHL project. The IDEAHL project, funded by the European Commission, is a project aiming to develop new models of and approaches to digital health literacy. This is done in conjunction with a large number of focus groups to help shape a comprehensive and inclusive EU digital health literacy strategy. The IDEAHL consortium is composed of 14 partners from 10 EU states. The co-creation activity of the IDEAHL partners  involved over 1,300 different stakeholders, from citizens and patients to healthcare and social services, policy makers, non-health sectors, academia, etc , and the results were used to inform the EU (d)HL strategy. The ultimate purpose of the project will be to empower EU citizens in using digital tools to have a more active role in the management of their own health and well-being, as well as supporting social innovations for person-centred care models. Young women were one of the three groups that the EIWH carried out the IDEAHL co-creation session with in Ireland. As digital natives, their use of digital sources for health-seeking behaviour shed a fascinating light on how social media informs and influences young women, but also how their awareness of misinformation and issues of trust prompts them to seek verification from reputable sources. Our findings also showed the thoughts and concern young women have around barriers to full (d)HL and to participation in eHealth, for themselves and also for more marginalised groups in general and to women in particular.@IDEAHL.eu,@Horizon Europe@EIWH,@Akidwa@WHTF@eurohealthnet@WHOAcademy@WHO.@WGH To find out more, please visit www.ideahl.eu or eurohealth.ie.

Health is a precondition for the well-functioning of our society and economy, and by extension for a secure, prosperous, and competitive Europe.  With the adoption of the Council Conclusions on the European Health Union, we particularly welcome the Council’s focus on:  ✅ Recognising the need for ambitious joint action across a wide range of public health challenges to support more resilient, patient-centred healthcare systems; ✅Prioritising investment in health;  ✅Addressing unmet patients’ needs. However, we call on the EU institutions to ensure a greater focus on:  ➡ Prioritising health literacy to empower patients and improve health outcomes; ➡ Achieving a true single market for medical products to improve patients’ access to the products they need;  ➡ Recognising the key role of civil society organisations, and patient organisations in particular, in bridging the gap between institutions and the public. Read our full position here: https://lnkd.in/grB7_Hm2

Join us (International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC) 🇨🇦 ) as we convene, for the purpose of massive positive impact, the North American Conference on Integrated Care #NACIC24 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Registration and Abstract Submissions ⬇ The design of the conference embraces social movement and community development methods as a way to enable large-scale change. Our goal is to bring together a community of national and international people who care deeply about the health and wellbeing of each other and the communities in which we live so that we can learn together, unlearn, grow, and have a transformative impact together. We have three themes that have emerged for deep focus: Human-level transformation for collective impact Exploration of the capabilities that enable the human-level transformation necessary for collective action, sharing power and fostering conditions that improve the delivery and experience of health and social care Community-enabled population health and wellbeing Exploration into how health, wellbeing and experiences are improved with people and community. Integrated teams and systems: navigating complexity and change Exploration of the complexities to building emergent care teams, integrated systems and impact of workforce dynamics, roles and digital health applications. Anchored by: Health Equity Created when individuals and communities have a fair and just opportunity to reach their fullest health potential. Person- and community-centred partnership Co-defining the problems and co-creating solutions in partnership. Evaluation How the collection of information or data facilitates judgement about the success and value of an intervention.