Exploring the intersections between Health, Education and Community to optimise Australia’s Health Literacy

Presentation by Dr Rosie Nash, University of Tasmania

It will be important for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to recognise the connectivity and opportunities provided by health literacy, Health in All Polices and a health and wellbeing economy. Each separately and combined will be essential to national and global attempts to reduce non-communicable diseases, respond to communicable diseases, achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ultimately move towards greater health and social equity. Developing health literacy early in life is fundamental to achieving these outcomes. Dr Nash will share the key insights and recommendations from her 2023 Churchill Fellowship. This will be followed by a discussion on how we can all contribute to the health literacy development of Australians.