Australia allocates $2.4m to improve women’s health literacy

Three organisations will receive funding to expand health promotion efforts.

The Australian government will invest approximately $2.4m (A$3.6m) to improve health literacy and outcomes for women facing barriers to accessing health information.

The funding will be distributed to three organisations to expand their health promotion efforts and trial new methods to reach women across different groups.

The Menzies School of Health Research will receive $944k (A$1.4m) to implement SheLAB, a mobile, pop-up lab designed to provide tailored health information in regional, rural, and remote areas, with a focus on isolated First Nations communities.

Meanwhile, the National Ageing Research Institute will be granted $615.2k (A$912k) for the MindCare4Women programme, which will develop a dementia risk reduction initiative for women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Lastly, ACON Health will receive $877k (A$1.3m) for the “Word on the Sheets” project to enhance and optimise an online resource for LGBTIQA+ women’s sexual and reproductive health.

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