Men’s Health Literacy and Cancer - Research Call

In 2014, the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) performed an audit on the services and information produced by the Irish Cancer Society (ICS).  A number of recommendations were made.  One suggested action was to conduct joint research on accessing and understanding cancer information for people with limited health literacy and numeracy - in order to inform the future development of risk reduction programmes within ICS.  The aims of the health literacy and cancer research call are to understand: what facilitates men over 40 years of age, from lower socioeconomic groups, to engage with ICS; what are the barriers to these men engaging; how and where do they want to get cancer prevention information.  The call is now open, and the deadline for submission is Wednesday 13th January 2016 at 5.00pm.  For more information, see: www.cancer.ie/research/funding/health-literacy-and-cancer-research-grant#sthash.iqW6iQAO.dpbs