Biosistemak co-leads the face-to-face meeting of JACARDI’s Health Literacy area in Paris
The meeting, coordinated by Santé publique France and our Institute, brought together 50 participants from 13 countries.
Health literacy is one of the major challenges for promoting the well-being and quality of life of the European population. In this context, the Biosistemak Institute and Santé publique France are co-leading the work package on health literacy (WP6) of the European JACARDI project, which aims to prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Europe.
The meeting, held on 16 and 17 June at the headquarters of the French public health agency, brought together all the partners involved in the implementation of various health literacy interventions. A total of 50 representatives from 13 countries, working on 25 pilot projects, took part.
The main objective of the event was to share the progress, achievements and lessons learned during the first 18 months of JACARDI, as well as to learn first-hand about the progress of each of the projects underway.
Leadership and support for the pilots from Biosistemak
Our researcher, Irati Erreguerena, presented the main milestones achieved and reviewed the reports and resources available to the pilot teams. The agenda included:
- Presentations on the progress made by the 25 pilot teams.
- Interactive workshops on key stakeholder involvement, programme design and evaluation.
- A specific session on collaboration between the communication (WP2) and health literacy (WP6) work packages to increase the visibility and impact of the interventions.
- Practical tools and metrics to improve communication, behaviour change and the adaptation of messages to diverse audiences, from healthcare professionals to vulnerable populations.
Through this work package, JACARDI is moving from awareness to real commitment, through co-designed, data-driven strategies tailored to each local context to improve health literacy in Europe.
In addition, Irati, together with Péter Kirsch, from the Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Centre (Hungary), led the communication sessions, presenting the lessons learned from recent workshops and the results of a questionnaire on the practices, challenges and needs of the pilot teams, which are key to maximising the impact of interventions.
Biosistemak’s ongoing commitment
This meeting follows on from the work carried out at the JACARDI Executive Committee meeting in Budapest, where Biosistemak presented the progress made in WP6 and reinforced European collaboration to improve cardiovascular health and disease prevention.
The Joint Action on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes (JACARDI) seeks to reduce the burden of these diseases in the European Union, both at the individual and population levels.
As an affiliated entity representing the Basque Country, Biosistemak plays a strategic role: it co-leads the health literacy package (WP6) and is responsible for key tasks in communication and dissemination (WP2), implementation science (WP5) and integrated care pathways (WP9).
