Shandell Elmer|Rosie Nash|Nenagh Kemp|Cheryn Coleman|Martina Wyss|Julie Roach
HealthLit4Kids: Supporting schools to be health literacy responsive organisations
Swinburne University of Technology|University of Tasmania|University of Tasmania|University of Tasmania
abstract issue addressed reduce inequity services community organisations must respond health literacy needs strengths individual accessing services social determinant health literacy compounded interactions service provider individual wider community schools provide critical nexus teacher service provider student learner family carers wider community support development childrens health literacy methods five tasmanian primary schools 84 teachers completed assessment school relation domains health literate organisation using hellotas health literacy learning organisations tasmania selfassessment checklist taking part healthlit4kids program results differences pre postintervention ratings large moved positive direction six domains significant main effect time f 1 4 839 p lt 001 2 099 showing overall ratings increased intervention teacherrecommended actions across schools grouped insight interpretation application tool school context conclusion using hellotas selfassessment checklist served dual purpose teachers developed shared understanding characteristics healthliterate organisation produce schoolwide action plan simultaneously gained valuable insights processes required support development organisational health literacy schools share ten propositions applicable schools locally nationally internationally best knowledge first time schools health literacy responsiveness measured key propositions support future efforts policy makers researchers school principals