A projekt módszertana

Guidance

The methodology, which is the main output of the project, is aimed at gathering the selected good practices and instruments identified during the research work conducted for the comparative analysis and existing in the V4 countries.

Analysis

The first output of the project. Not only it is necessary to measure the factual state of health literacy in all V4 countries, but it is also gather knowledge and ideas used later in the methodology and trainings: possible solutions and innovative methods for improving health literacy level.

Platform

The online platform will be the long-lasting product of the project, which is supposed to raise awareness of the concept of health literacy and promote activities aimed at improving its levels among seniors.

What We Do

The project assumes improving knowledge and skills of two groups: the staff in senior organizations and, through them, the seniors themselves.

Health literacy is the ability to understand health-related information such as health risks, treatment options and, most importantly, the significance of leading a healthy lifestyle. Research shows that health literacy in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (4 Visegrad countries) is very low. Citizens with a lower understanding of this issue are more likely to develop serious health issues such as chronic illnesses and get hospitalized. Furthermore, health illiteracy and the constant aging of our populations will only increase the pressure on our national healthcare systems. Therefore, INHEAL, a project focussing on elderly education, wishes to improve their understanding of the risks they face

For this reason, experts in INHEAL created an innovative health-improving literacy methodology with practices, instruments and instructions specifically adapted for teaching older adults. Based on cross-country analyses, this methodology identified the best methods inform them about medical prescriptions, doctors’ recommendations, and teach them of being capable of protecting and safeguarding their health. As it might not be the easiest task to gather the targeted senior population and overcome their potential reluctance, INHEAL aims to enable and work alongside organizations collaborating with elderly people in all V4 countries, to apply its methodology and overcome any hesitance towards this new approach. Caregivers will become intermediaries in the elderlies’ pursuit of well-being.

We encourage organizations assisting elderly people to cooperate with each other by participating in seminars and workshops, during which they can learn how to inform the target group about INHEAL’s methodology, recommendations and techniques, and how to apply it to their organizations structure and personnel.

Please, find the Methodology both in National Languages and in English below:

INHEAL’s ambition is to reach organizations associating elderly people in all V4 countries -outside of the selected partners and target groups, and inspire them to put into use the knowledge gathered and materials resultant developed.

The idea is not only to contribute to further outreach (and consequently to the project sustainability as well), but to give the participants the opportunity to learn about the innovative methods and tools described in the project's methodology, as well as ways to implement them in their environments, taking example from the project's activities, or to raise awareness on the need to improve the policies aimed at strengthening health literacy.