About
The 4th European Health Literacy Conference takes place in Dublin, Ireland 14-15 March, 2019 on invitation by Health Literacy Europe and University College Dublin. The overarching theme for the fourth conference is Building health literate societies and the aim is to:
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foster knowledge transfer between researchers, practitioners and policymakers regarding the creation of health literate societies
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promote evidence-based actions and practices regarding health literacy and society
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promote health literacy to reduce inequality in health within society
The 4th European Health Literacy Conference follows the three previous conferences:
Conference organizing committee
Gerardine Doyle
Kristine Sørensen
Stephan van den Broucke
Conference Secretariat
Abbey Conference & Events
UCD
Conference Steering committee
Gerardine Doyle (conf. chair), University College Dublin
Kristine Sørensen (ex. chair), Health Literacy Europe
Celine Murrin, University College Dublin
Jane Sixsmith, National University of Ireland, Galway
Margaret Barry, National University of Ireland, WHO Collaborating Centre on Health Promotion, Galway
+ chair of the scientific committee
Scientific committee
Stephan van den Broucke (chair)
Sarah Gibney
Jürgen Pelikan
Gill Rowlands
Helle Terkildsen Maindal
Josefin Wångdal
Diane Levin-Zamir
Jaap Koot
Luis Saboga Nunes
Orkan Okan
+ conference chair and executive chair
Collaborating partners
National Adult Literacy Agency
European Health Futures Forum
CEMPAC
Meet in Ireland
National Tourism Development Authority