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Choose your next health literacy research adventure
We are offering two research masterclasses for NSW Health staff. Whether you are new to research or want to build on your skills, you can choose the one that best suits your needs.
Masterclass 1: From Curiosity to Confidence: Beginning your Health Literacy Research Journey
Masterclass 2: Health Literacy Interventions That Work: Planning, Mapping, and Measuring Impact
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Not everyone thinks in graphs, percentages or statistics, yet we often rely on these formats to guide decisions in care.
Making numbers meaningful: How to communicate numerical health information clearly.
Date: Tuesday September 9th, 2025
Time: 11:00am to 12:00pm AEST.
Location: Hosted online, in our Hub Community.
Format: Presentation + live Q&A
This short evidence-based, foundational training introduces or reinforces essential health literacy principles and provides all health staff with practical, easy-to-implement skills.
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An equitable healthcare system is one where everyone can easily access, understand and use healthcare services. The Hub supports healthcare organisations to improve equity for NSW communities through a focus on health literacy.
The mission of the Hub is to support healthcare organisations to apply health literacy to:
- improvements in clinical safety and quality,
- consumer and community engagement in healthcare, and
- research innovation and its translation into practice.
Building and advancing leadership and capacity at local levels to…
- Build awareness and capacity in health literacy
- Foster partnerships and knowledge sharing in health literacy
- Enhance systemwide processes and resource implementation
- Develop and grow health literacy research, translation and dissemination
- Empower consumer/community to achieve outcomes that matter to them