Cutting your teeth on health literacy
The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health invites you to a seminar on health literacy in multicultural Australia.
Health Literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information to make appropriate health decisions.
The University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital in partnership with the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health present Cutting your teeth on health literacy – a seminar focussing on current trends and practice in health literacy, with particular attention paid to the relevance of health literacy for refugee and migrant communities.
Both the Federal and State government continue to raise issues about chronic disease self-management, patient controlled medical records and taking charge of your own health. There is a greater expectation that the individual will be responsible for his or her own health and health literacy is the key.
Join us for this special opportunity to hear from three experts sharing the findings
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Maureen Johnson | Manager, Women's Consumer Health Information | The Royal Women's Hospital
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Dr Elisha Riggs | Research Fellow, The Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program | The University of Melbourne
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Michal Morris | General Manager | The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health
When: Wednesday 12 October
Where: Room G.08, Ground Floor, University of Melbourne Law Building | 185 Pelham Street, Carlton | Building 106 on the campus map
Time: 2 - 4pm (afternoon tea provided)
Cost: Free event
RSVP: Please provide details of attendees to enquiries@ceh.org.au
Speakers
Maureen Johnson, Manager , Women’s Consumer Health Information, The Royal Women's Hospital
Maureen recently travelled to Canada, USA, England, the Netherlands and Finland on a Victorian Quality Council Travelling Fellowship. Her brief was to investigate new and innovative practice in health literacy. Maureen’s particular interest is in the health literate organisation; what does it look like and how can health literacy practice and values be integrated into the daily and routine practice of a large teaching hospital?
Dr Elisha Riggs, Research Fellow, The Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, The McCaughey Centre, The University of Melbourne
Elisha has undertaken research on preschool oral health inequalities and oral health literacy in refugee and migrant communities in Melbourne. She is a co-researcher in Teeth Tales, a culturally competent research initiative that addresses oral health literacy and dental service access issues for refugee and migrant communities. Teeth Tales aims to better understand these influences – environmental, cultural and behavioural – and their impact on child oral health. Elisha will speak about her research and the development of the Teeth Tales initiative.
Michal Morris, Executive Manager, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health
Michal travelled to the United States to develop a better understanding of how health literacy and cultural competency started and where it is headed. What she found is that while they started from a very different place, there is much to be learnt about the dos and don’ts of health literacy in Australia. Michal will speak about her trip and reflect on the current health policy environment, in particular in addressing disadvantage.
