Cross-national consultations on health and learning : Rapport sur les consultations avec des adultes vivant avec le VIH/Sida

The opinions and conclusions expressed in the document, however, are those of the authors and participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre’s members. [...] About The Research Team The consultations were conducted by the following members of the Health and Learning Knowledge Centre’s Adult Working Group and their partners: Sue Folinsbee Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier Allan Quigley Hélène Grégoire The AWG focusses on four priority groups: adults with low-literacy levels, immigrants and refugees, adults living with HIV/AIDS, and adults living in rural and remo [...] Each working group focusses on the three following themes of the HLKC: health literacy (with a priority on access, equity, and achieving basic health literacy for all) developing and sustaining healthy communities of lifelong and life-wide learning strengthening the capacity of communities, practitioners, and public agencies/systems to implement intertwined health and learning strategies in compre [...] The goal was to attract the widest range of participants to the consultations by advertising them widely in the communities where the consultations were to be held and surrounding areas. [...] The AWG coordinator explained the purpose of the consultations and reviewed the ethics and informed consent practices with participants.