DeakinUniversityCRICOSProviderCode:00113B

HealthLiteracyandOpheliaMasterclassAtwo-dayintensivemasterclassformanagers,executives,healthprofessionals,healthplanners,policymakers,researchers,andthoseactiveinhealthpromotionandcommunityservices.

Using the latest health literacy research and practices, this masterclass willdemonstratehowtodevelopfit-for-purposeinterventionstoreduceinequalitiesinhealthserviceaccessandengagement.

Themasterclasswill introducetheOpheliaprocess(OPtimisingHEalthLIterAcyandAccess),astructuredprocessforidentifyingandrespondingtohealthliteracyneedsby co-designing locally relevant interventions.Measurement of health literacywillalso be presented, including thewidely used Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)anditsuseinneedsassessment,evaluation,andqualityimprovement.

Keytopicsinclude:• Understandingthescopeand

determinantsofhealthliteracy• Theroleofhealthliteracyin

healthinequality• UsingtheHealthLiteracy

Questionnaire(HLQ)toidentifydiversehealthliteracychallenges

• TheOpheliaprocessforco-designing,implementing,andevaluatinghealthliteracyinterventions

• Participatoryandplace-basedapproachestohealthliteracy(organisationalandcommunity)

• Internationalperspectivesinhealthliteracypolicyandpractice

WorkshopDetailsWednesday12thandThursday13thApril2017,9amto5pmDeakinDowntown,Level12,Tower2,727CollinsStreet,Melbourne

RegistrationRegisterbefore5pmonMondaythe12thMarchforanearlybirdregistrationof$750plusGST.Standardregistration$950plusGST.Workshopincludesmorningtea,afternoontea,andlunchonbothdays.

Forallenquires,contactCarolWildey:hltrain@deakin.edu.auRegisternowat:

http://bit.ly/DeakinHLOM