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BLISS – Boosting health Literacy for School Students

BLISS is an interesting EU project which aims to promote digital health literacy in the school context through educational and social interventions. It promotes strengthening digital health literacy to contribute to people`s skills for better managing health information and their health and well-being.   You can find out more here – Home – Bliss (blissproject.eu)

Health literacy is like a chameleon

Kristine Sørensen is a Global expert and strategic advisor on health literacy by design. She is also President of the International Health Literacy Association. Her latest health literacy blog is really interesting and well worth a read. You can access it via the link below.   Health literacy is like a chameleon (linkedin.com)

Taking ALISS to the next level – the single source of truth for communities

What is ALISS? ALISS  – A Local Information System for Scotland – is a national digital programme enabling people and professionals to find and share information on resources, services, groups, and support in their local communities and online. ALISS’s aim is to ensure that everyone in Scotland has the right information, at the right time, […]

Health Literacy Research and Practice

Health Literacy Research and Practice (HLRP) is the official journal of the Institute for Healthcare Advancement and is a forum for the dissemination of high-quality behavioural and clinical research. It is an interdisciplinary and international open-access publication dedicated to promoting excellence in research and practice to advance the field of health literacy, promote health equity, and reduce […]

Near Me

Near Me is a video consulting service that enables people to attend appointments from home or wherever is convenient. The service is already widely used across NHS Scotland for health and care appointments and is now being rolled out across a wide range of public services. All you need is a device for making video […]

What Matters To You? day 2022

Scotland’s Chief Nursing Officer, Alex McMahon talks about What Matters to You? day 2022. We are once again celebrating What Matters To You? day with our colleagues throughout Scotland and from around the world. “What matters to you?” is a simple question that can have a big impact on care. It helps to ensure that […]

Short e-learning module for pharmacists on health literacy and communication.

To support community pharmacists to use health literacy tools and techniques an eLearning module on health literacy was developed and tested by community pharmacists It includes simple tools for pharmacists to use to check that people have understood the information they have been given over the phone or face to face. You will need a […]

Near Me resources for BSL Users

Near me have added some useful information and resources which BSL users may find helpful. They encourage the use of Google Chrome voice to text function and here is a case study of how it has been used. They have also developed a BSL Near Me video, which helps callers understand about the platform Also […]

Coronavirus

For information on Health Literacy Tools and techniques that may help with your interactions during the COVID pandemic please see our Toolkit. Further information about COVID-19 can be found on the NHS inform website.