Improving Health Literacy Training and Communication Competencies for Health Professionals in Austria and Canada: A Comparative Study

Background Canada is a leader in health promotion, public health, interprofessional curricula, intercultural competencies and has a longer history of health literacy (HL) developments. Austria is in the early stages of HL capacity building and developing communication training for health professionals treating people in vulnerable situations. The primary aim of our project is to analyze the education of health professionals (medical, nursing and pharmacy students) regarding HL, intercultural and interprofessional communication skills and patient-centered interactions with underserved populations in Austria and C…