Welcome
About Us
We are a special interest group of the Society for Academic Primary Care who are interested in building the evidence base for Health Literacy. Our approach explores the impact of Health Literacy on people and their lives, and supports national policy to reduce inequalities.
We work together to discuss and develop new research ideas, run research projects, write reports and research papers, and support implementation of research findings into practice. There are also regular face-to-face meetings, discussions of ideas and collaborative work through our website. Membership is free.
We welcome patients and patient groups, health care practitioners and providers, teachers, policy makers, non-government organisations, and academics.
Click here to read our Mission Statement and Annual Report 2016
Promoting health literacy through healthcare professional skills training
Promoting health literacy through healthcare professional skills training
Health Literacy Seminar, Keele University, Thursday 26th October 2017
We are delighted to invite you to our next seminar, which will focus on the promotion of health literacy through healthcare professional skills training.
Confirmed speakers include:
Professor Gill Rowlands, Newcastle University
Dr Doris Ravotas, Western Michigan University, USA
Victoria Dollard, Mediskills UK
This seminar is ideal for healthcare professionals, trainees, educators, researchers and policy makers, who are interested in expanding their skills and techniques. Following the presentations, there will be an opportunity to discuss how health literacy is embedded, implemented and evaluated in practice. Further programme details can be found here.
We encourage you to reserve your place as soon as possible: the delegate fee of £50 includes lunch and refreshments and can be booked here. For more details contact Sue Weir: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Save the date! Friday 16th February 2018
5th Health Literacy UK Conference
Health Literacy: making life better
Friday 16th February 2018
Riddel Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland
We are delighted to announce that Dr Michael McBride, the Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland, and Professor Don Nutbeam, Professor of Public Health, Sydney are confirmed speakers at our 5th conference.
Proposals are invited for oral presentations or posters on innovative health literacy research and practice. Abstract submissions open on 10th August 2017 and close 12pm, Wednesday 1st November 2017.
Delegate rate for full day, including tea, coffee and lunch is £100. Click here to reserve your place, or for further enquiries please contact Sue Weir at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
What do you think of our resources?
The resource library is proving very popular, with over 2,300 hits in the 8 months. We want to keep improving it, and have designed a 5-minute survey to get your thoughts. In return for completion, we are offering a 10% discount to one of our seminars in the next year. Thanks for your help.
Here's the survey: