Health literacy is not just about reading a pamphlet or understanding a prescription, but rather a set of skills (cognitive, communicative, and social) that enable people to access, understand, evaluate, and use health information and services to make healthy decisions. The World Health Organization states that health literacy is both an individual aspect and the […]
CAIR’s principal investigator, Lucy Anne Parker, explained the current state of the project and what’s being planned for September in TeleElx’s El Abanico magazine. Specifically, surveys will be conducted in eight Carrús pharmacies (1,200 patients); surveys will be conducted in 600 random homes; co-creation activities will be carried out (participation in improvement proposals and decision-making); […]
In the field of public health, we often encounter solutions that, while well-intentioned, don’t always resonate with the realities of the communities they serve. We tend to focus on individual interventions, such as medication or counseling, without fully addressing the social, economic, and environmental factors that truly impact our health. This is where projects like […]
The CAIR team is very excited to share a significant milestone in the project in the Carrús neighbourhood, in Elche. We’ve taken a big step forward by beginning to collect data through a participatory tool: sociograms. What are sociograms and why are they crucial for improving Community Health? Sociograms are much more than simple graphs; […]
Last Friday, we had the opportunity to introduce CAIR to all the stakeholders involved in Elche’s Intersectoral Health Board. During the session, they discussed several initiatives to improve people’s health in Elche and how, from a cross-cutting perspective, the collaboration of all social stakeholders is essential. This collaborative space, led by the local Department of […]
On February 18th, Lucy Anne Parker, principal investigator at CAIR, participated in the 20th anniversary of the CIC bioGUNE, which was held at the Euskadi Technology Park. Within the cycle Challenges of Science from the Perspective of the New Generations, there was a debate about the barriers science, and specifically Public Health, faces at reaching […]
In order to raise awareness about the project among the population, Luccy Anne Parker has appeared in several media outlets. In an interview with Diario Información, CAIR’s Principal Investigator stressed the importance of community participation in the creation of population health policies. «If we promote from the community, the burden on primary care can be […]
