Factsheet
The Swiss understanding of health literacy is based on seven interrelated principles. These principles are based on the specialized literature and on discussions with experts in the field. They represent the main common elements between the different perspectives on health literacy in the scientific, practice, and political community.
Today, employers, managers and employees are confronted with psychic stress at work. The campaign «How are you?» shows how this reality can be countered and offers tips and materials for promoting mental health in companies. The contents of the campaign…
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is an agency of the European Union aimed at strengthening the surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases in Europe. The ECDC collects and analyzes epidemiological data, devel…
The advice flyer tells parents with children in lower school how they can support them in the phase of learning to read.
On behalf of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and in cooperation with Allianz Gesundheitskompetenz, Careum Center for Health Literacy has developed a «Concept paper on health literacy». This publication is the result of a broad literature r…
