HealthNest Conference – 12 June 2023

The initiative aiming to improve Health Literacy in Belgium

This year HealthNest took a big new step in augmenting the Belgian health literacy. Therefore, we proudly invited you and everyone who is active (or wants to be active) in health literacy to attend the first HealthNest Conference ever on 12 June 2023.

CAPACITY-BUILDING AND IMPACTFUL PARTNERSHIPS IN HEALTH LITERACY

The central theme was “Capacity-Building and Impactful Partnerships”. You were able to learn and explore the theme during plenary sessions, breakout sessions and a non-stop forum where organizations active in health literacy will present their initiatives. In addition, you would also meet the leading voices and receive the latest insights in the broad field of health literacy.

By seeking out and promoting Belgian health literacy projects we try to help everyone to make a significant impact in our healthcare landscape and beyond.

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CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Kristine Sørensen –
President of the International Health Literacy Association

We are very honoured to announce the contribution of Mrs. Kristine Sørensen as one of the keynote speakers.

As a globally renowned researcher, she investigated multiple obstacles and opportunities to facilitate higher health literacy rates. Therefore, she will be the perfect speaker to guide us through the challenges of tackling health illiteracy in Europe.

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Prof. Stephan Van den Broucke –
Chairman of the HealthNest board

For this 2023 edition, HealthNest is happy to rely on the continued and valued support of Professor Stephan Van den Broucke. In his function, he chairs the HealthNest board which includes key national players from sector organizations, patient organizations, insurance funds, academia, and the media.

Stephan Van den Broucke is Professor of Health Psychology and Prevention at the Université Catholique de Louvain and has served as an expert adviser for the King Baudouin Foundation, the European Commission, and the World Health Organisation.

CONGRESS PROGRAMME

09:00	Welcome coffee & light breakfast
09:30	Welcoming remarks by MSD
09:50	Keynote sessions Empowering Health Literacy in Europe (English) Kristine Sørensen, President of International Health Literacy Association The implementation of a patient panel to improve co-decision making between patients & healthcare professionals (Dutch) Hans Struyven (CEO) & Eva Marie Castro (Head of Department of Quality and Process Optimization) at Regional Hospital Tienen
11:15	Interactive breakout sessions Pharmacy.Brussels – Picto.Pharma: Evaluation and implementation of a communication tool, using pictograms for pharmacies (French) Sophie Etienne (Pharmacist) & Ann Herzeel (Co-President Pharmacy.Brussels) Independent Health Insurance Funds – Building organizational capacity to address health literacy: perspective from the Independent Health Insurance Funds (Dutch) Luk Bruyneel (Lead Scientific and Economic Matters) King Baudouin Foundation – Health literate organizations: learnings from practice (Dutch/French) Yves Dario & Ann Clé (Project Coordinators Health)
12:30	Break Walking lunch and Networking
13:30	Interactive breakout sessions Independent Health Insurance Funds – Building organizational capacity to address health literacy: perspective from the Independent Health Insurance Funds (Dutch) Luk Bruyneel (Lead Scientific and Economic Matters) King Baudouin Foundation – Health literate organizations: learnings from practice (Dutch/French) Yves Dario & Ann Clé (Project Coordinators Health) Sensoa – Zanzu case: Zooming in on digital health literacy tools (Dutch) Sarah Hulsmans (Policy Assistant Reproductive Health)
15:00	Poster forum
15:30	Closing keynote session The impact of fake news and misinformation, also within health (Dutch) Tim Verheyden, VRT journalist
16:15	Conclusion Closing remarks (Dutch/French) Prof. Stephan Van den Broucke, Chairman HealthNest & Deloitte

To ensure the best experience for all attendees, bilingual support will be available throughout the congress.
The presented slides will be in English and bilingual team members will assist during the interactive breakout session with translations where needed.

The conference is initiated by MSD and the programme is developed by the HealthNest board members. This year, HealthNest can count on the special additional support of Deloitte, as partner for the conference.

In any case, we are looking forward to welcoming you at the first HealthNest Conference! For any further questions, do not hesitate to contact danielle.derijcke@msd.com.