COMPaRE-PHC seminar at Inala Indigenous Health Service 2016

COMPaRE-PHC presents a free seminar on

Health Literacy: Why does it matter?

Presenters: Prof. Mark Harris and Dr Prabha Lakhan

Host: Prof. Noel Hayman

14th June 2016 Lunch: 1:00pm Seminar: 1:15-2.15pm

Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care (Inala Indigenous Health Service)

Health literacy skills enable individuals to understand how to manage their own health, access health services and communicate effectively with healthcare providers. These skills are especially important in managing risk factors like overweight and obesity, poor diet and insufficient physical activity.  Despite its importance and the added influence of language and culture, little research has been conducted on health literacy in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities. 

This symposium will provide an overview of some of the research on obesity and health literacy conducted by the Centre for Obesity Management and Prevention Research Excellence in Primary Health Care (COMPaRE-PHC).  This includes recent research on health literacy conducted by the Inala Health Service.  The aim is to discuss ways in which we can improve health literacy skills in the community and reduce some of the complex health information demands that health services put on patients.

The forum will be of interest to individuals engaged in policy, planning or research relating to the role of PHC in addressing obesity, including people working in Primary Health Networks.

Health Literacy & clinical practice.

Scienta Professor Mark Harris, Director of COMPaRE-PHC, Executive Director of CPHCE, UNSW and lead investigator on multiple studies of health literacy in primary health care in Australia, including the Better Management of Weight in General Practice study (BMWGP).

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Understanding health talk.

Dr Prabha Lakhan is a Senior Research Officer at the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care. 

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Program: click here.