Awards Categories
Best Project in General Practice
Recognises projects that improved patient communication and understanding in a GP setting.
Best Project in a Hospital
Recognises projects undertaken by a hospital-based individual or team that improved patient communications in a hospital setting.
Best Project in the Community or in a Social Setting
Recognises projects started in a community setting that have improved health understanding and communication with patients and/or the general public.
Best Health Promotion Project
Recognises health promotion or public education campaigns that have improved health literacy.
Best Health Communication through Journalism*
Recognises pieces of journalism (print, broadcast or online) that communicated health related issues to their intended audience.
* Please see specific entry requirements for this category as they differ from those for the other categories.
Research
We aim to encourage further research into health literacy and patient communications in Ireland. If you have conducted a relevant research project, please enter your project into whichever of the categories above is most relevant. For example, if the research took place in a hospital setting, submit your entry under the Best Project in a Hospital category.