Marseille, France , 20-23 November 2019 | European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
Carolina Di Paolo, Sapienza University of Rome
Target audience: Public health professionals, researchers, policymakers, practitioners and educators in public health
Number of participants (more or less): A total of 2,500 delegates from 84 countries worldwide attended the Congress
We presented a study that was conducted as part of the ACDC project that investigated the prevalence of non-adequate health literacy in European Union Member States to estimate its magnitude and contribute to the understanding of the underlying predictive factors.
A consistent percentage of people living in Europe may have non-adequate health literacy, meaning that they could have difficulties in accessing to prevention and healthcare services due to limitations in navigation, comprehension and decision making. This study underlines the importance of health literacy as a crucial determinant of health.
Conclusions: The Congress represented a good opportunity to illustrate to a wide audience of experts the reasons why interventions aimed at improving health literacy are strongly needed in Europe.
Link of the event or host website: https://ephconference.eu/marseille-2019:-building-bridges-for-solidarity-and-public-%20health-95