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For whom?

This portal is for all that are interested in health literacy: health professionals, policymakers, educators, researchers and other stakeholders.Working together across fields will strengthen people’s health literacy capacities. The portal will help broaden your horizon of knowledge and develop it into action. Do you need expertise from specific health literacy stakeholders or want information on health literacy tools or interventions? We invite you to contact us and discuss the possibilities.

News and knowledge

This portal brings you news and knowledge on health literacy. Our news section informs you about new articles, activities, tools and exciting other topics. The knowledge base contains information on topics like health literacy promotion, health literacy friendly communication and health literacy policy development. Are you interested in contributing to news or to knowledge base? That is possible! Join the HLCE as an author or send in short messages for the news section or more elaborate articles or critical reflections for the knowledge base.

Publications

Policy Briefs IROHLA

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IROHLA results in two Policy Briefs: for health organizations and for local and national government.

Comprehensive approach more effective

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Read here about why a comprehensive approach in improving health literacy is more effective.

Costs of low health literacy

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Low health literacy is expensive to individuals, to healthcare providers and to society. This article gives the…

Twenty ‘promising interventions’ selected in IROHLA

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You want to start working on health literacy, however you do not know exactly yet what kind…

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‘Health literacy centre Europe: Information for healthy decisions’

Publications

Policy Briefs IROHLA

Comprehensive approach more effective

Costs of low health literacy

Twenty ‘promising interventions’ selected in IROHLA

‘Health literacy centre Europe:
Information for healthy decisions’