KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
Spanish Ministry of Health. Participation in the Technical Committee of the Strategy for Health Promotion and Prevention in the National Health System.
Team: Javier Gállego (Health School of Aragón) on behalf of the Spanish Health Literacy Network.
Start: 2026
SimSkills. Expert Evaluation.
Expert evaluation of SimSkills, an artificial intelligence agent applied to training conversations in healthcare contexts, 2025.
NETWORK-INVOLVED PROJECTS
Digital health literacy competencies in nursing: adaptation and validation of the Staff-eHLQ questionnaire and co-design and implementation of interventions to improve digital health literacy (DHILIN) (2026-2028).
Funding: Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), through the Health Research Fund (FIS) and co-funded by FEDER funds (PI25/00426).
Goal: Validate and apply the Staff-eHLQ to assess nurses’ digital health literacy, identify gaps, co-design targeted interventions, and boost the adoption of digital health services in practice.
Researchers of the Network: Martina Fernández and Miriam Poza (Universidad de Cádiz), Eulàlia Hernández (PI) (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya).
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Development and effectiveness of an m-health intervention to improve health literacy and self-management in patients suffering multiple illnesses with heart failure: a randomised controlled trial (2019-2022)
Funding: INiBICA (LI19/20IN-CO19)
Goal: Having a mobile application to improve the self-management of patients with multiple pathologies with heart failure.
Researchers: Pilar Bas y Martina Fernández (Universidad de Cádiz), Investigadoras principales; María Falcón (Universidad de Murcia), Alezandra Torres (Servicio de Evaluación del Servicio Canario de Salud), Eulàlia Hernández e Ignacio del Arco (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya).
Monitoring the behaviour and attitudes of the population regarding COVID-19 in Spain (2020-2022)
Founding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Goal: Having updated data on the response of the Spanish population to COVID-19. COSMO-SPAIN Project: WHO study coordinated by the Carlos III Health Institute.
Researchers: María Falcón (Universidad de Murcia), Pilar Bas y Martina Fernández (Universidad de Cádiz). https://portalcne.isciii.es/cosmo-spain/
“Fes sempre tres preguntes” (Always ask three questions) (2020-2021)
Founding: Xarxa HPH Catalunya
Goal: Communication campaign, based on the Ask Me 3© technique, aimed at health centres from the Catalan Hospitals and Health Centres Network to help them empower patients and raise awareness among health professionals so that they adapt their language when communicating. Work is also under way to create a multi-centre study, allowing the campaign impact to be measured in the centres.
Researchers: Mònica Fernández (Xarxa Catalana d’Hospitals i Centres Promotors de la Salut), Dolors Juvinyà and Rosa Suñer (University of Girona. Faculty Chair for Health Promotion).
Salud sin dudas – Salut sense dubtes [Health without doubts](2020-2021)
Founding: Xarxa HPH Catalunya
Objetive: Through the development of infographics, the centers that belong to the Xarxa Catalana d’Hospitals i Centers Promotors de la Salut will initiate a communication campaign on how to improve communication between health professionals and patients and caregivers. Also on what it means to be an organization that teaches health literacy, and what are the main characteristics for designing content on websites aimed at patients.
Researchers: Mònica Fernández (Xarxa Catalana d’Hospitals i Centres Promotors de la Salut), Dolors Juvinyà y Rosa Suñer (University of Girona. Faculty Chair for Health Promotion).