See note below for original citation The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) – the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD ) also calls it the Survey of Adult Skills – is an international effort to assess human skills and further develop our understanding of human capital. It started in 2012 in … Continue reading PIAAC: Measuring adult literacy and skills
See note below for original citation Patrice de Broucker is Chair, OECD Network on Labour Market, Economic and Social Outcomes of Learning. Introduction Nowadays, we often analyze the benefits of education as a sesame to access employment – the higher your level of education and better your field of study, the better your chances of … Continue reading Education and Health: Building Indicators in International Comparison
Developing our understanding of health literacy is becoming a growing concern for clinicians, managers of health programmes, and researchers. What was a new concept to operationalize one’s capacity in accessing, managing, and using information to pursue good health has soon become a public health issue on an international scale. Health literacy – as a research … Continue reading Health Literacy on the Public Agenda | EHLC 2014
Health Literacy Europe (related to the HLS-EU Consortium and managing the European Health Literacy Conference series) is an interesting group to follow for those interested in the conceptualization and measurement of health literacy. They lead a vast European project to develop a better understanding of one's capacity to take care of their health in different … Continue reading 2nd European Health Literacy Conference
