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Cross-national Consultations on Health and Learning

Cross-National Consultations on Health and Learning (Promo graphic)The Adult Working Group, operating out of Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, promoted health and learning for adults in the workplace, in health-care settings, among families and in communities.

This series of reports and fact sheets promote health and learning for adults in the workplace, in heath-care settings, among families and in communities. Specific issues include how health and learning affect adults with low levels of literacy skills, adults living with HIV/AIDS, immigrants and refugees, and remote communities.

The reports highlight the barriers faced by these individuals and provides some recommendations to better support the health of this group. Some of these are directed to policy makers and others to health-care and service providers.

 

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      Health and Learning Knowledge Centre, HLKC, literacy, adult work group, cross-national consultations, gaps, themes, literacy challenges, adults Living with HIV/AIDS, immigrants, refugees Le Centre du savoir sur la santé et l'apprentissage, la littératie, groupe de travail sur la population adulte, consultations, thèmes, lacunes, canadiens ayant un faible niveau de littératie, vivant avec le VIH/SIDA, en milieux ruraux, régions éloignées, immigrants, réfugiés.  The Health and Learning Knowledge Centre's Adult Working Group (AWG) conducted consultations to identify themes, gaps and needs for Canadian adults with literacy challenges, rural, remote areas.  Établi à l'Université Saint Francis Xavier, en Nouvelle-Écosse, ce groupe de travail cherche à promouvoir la santé et l'apprentissage chez les adultes à même leur milieu de travail, les services de santé, leur famille et leur communauté. Plus précisément, ses membres étudieront la façon dont la santé et l'apprentissage influent sur les faibles compétences en littératie en santé, les adultes atteints du VIH ou du sida, les immigrants, les réfugiés et les collectivités éloignées.