Community Notices
Skills for Digital Health Literacy

6 October 2026

Online event | 22 Oct | 2 - 3.30pm | via Zoom

Health Care Consumers' Association ACT
are hosting this special Health Literacy Month webinar
where they will be focusing on skill for digital health literacy in 2026.

In an ever-changing online world, it can be hard to keep track of what health claims you can trust and how to check them. Two health literacy researchers what helps consumers build their skills and knowledge.

You'll learn about

Skills you can build to get the most out of digital health information
Tips and tricks to help you critically think about health claims from news, AI chats and social media
How researchers are working with consumers to build practical skills and resources

Online event

Thursday, 22 October 2026

2.00 - 3.30pm AEDT

This session is open to all consumers, carers and community workers.

Speakers

Saffron Howden
is a PhD candidate at the News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra, investigating media literacy as a response to misinformation among older Australians. She is also a journalist and editorial trainer with 20+ years' experience in the Australian news media, including with The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Community Media (Canberra Times) and AAP. She co-founded and edited the national children's newspaper, Crinkling News, and co-authored Kid reporter: the secret to breaking news. She was recently lead author on the research report, Media literacy in 60 minutes: How to help older Australians spot misinformation and find facts.

Dr Julie Ayre
is an NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow at the Sydney Health Literacy Lab, University of Sydney. With more than 80 publications in high quality national and international journals, her research focuses on using digital technology to support health literacy initiatives in the healthcare workforce and the community. She is an associate editor for the journal Health Literacy and Communication Open, and was Scientific Advisor for Australia's first National Health Literacy Framework, launched in September this year.

You can read about their work through the links on the registration page.

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Community Notices Skills for Digital Health Literacy