HEALTH LITERACY EDUCATION FOR YOUTH TO TACKLE DISINFORMATION AND IMPROVE WELL-BEING (HEALTH-LIT)

HEALTH-LIT aims to enhance the digital and health literacy (HL) of young people (18-29 years), to tackle disinformation and thus to promote youth digital readiness, resilience and capacity. The project also seeks a systemic impact on the learning opportunities for youth in Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Lithuania and Cyprus, by improving the competences of youth workers to apply innovative methodologies for HL. The project addresses the complex nature of vulnerabilities of youth under pressures of digital and technological transition systems, the spread of disinformation, and related health/wellbeing risks. Disinformation during Covid-19 has had detrimental effects on health-related behavior (as reported by WHO). Accordingly, the topic of HL has gained traction; young people’s awareness on socio-health issues, and particularly of those from vulnerable communities, is still low and unevenly developed in EU countries (more advanced in Nordic countries, much less in SEE and South Europe).

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

HEALTH-LIT aims to enhance the health literacy (HL) of young people (14-29 years), equipping them with skills to address disinformation about health issues and to promote digital readiness and resilience. The project seeks a systemic impact on youth engagement in Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, and Lithuania, by improving the skills and competences of youth workers and educators to apply innovative methodologies for HL and tackling disinformation, reinforcing the links practice and youth policy.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

Activities encompass an online survey of young people in 5 countries; designing an inclusive multi-lingual health literacy and disinformation program through innovative local and international youth sandbox (VOYS); peer learning and training of trainers; developing and disseminating e-learning health literacy resources; engaging youth, youth workers, local stakeholders and the wider public in mutual learning and awareness-raising through multiplier events and webinars; project evaluation activities.

PROJECT RESULTS

  1. Increased understanding of health disinformation challenges and health literacy programs for youth.
  2. Designed learning and training resources for health literacy (training program, playbook with resources and guidance, health literacy awareness content)
  3. Trained youth activists and built capacity for promoting health literacy through youth work.
  4. Promoted youth civic engagement for sustaining social cohesion and resilience to disinformation amongst youth.

Over 700 persons will be engaged in activities and estimated 5000 reached online.

PROJECT CONSORTIUM

Coordinator: Centar za mir nenasilje i ljudska prava Osijek, Croatia, www.centar-zamir.hr

Future Needs Management Consulting Ltd, Cyprus, www.futureneeds.eu

Bureau for Integration and Social Innovations, Bulgaria, https://b-isi.eu/

FORMA.AZIONE SRL, Italy, www.azione.com

Mano Europa, Lithuania, https://manoeuropa.org/

PROJECT PERIOD

01/03/2025 – 28/02/2027

The project is funded by the Erasmus+ Program, KA220-YOU – Cooperation partnerships in youth (KA220-YOU)