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Patient and Public Health Information: #HIW Health Information Week

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Health Information Week

Health Information Week is an initiative celebrated during the first week in July each year, during which health librarians promote information resources which are accessible, reliable and relevant to patients and their carers.

Health Information Week 2023

The themes for Health Information Week 2023 are:

3rd July 2023: Health Literacy

4th July 2023: Mental Health & Wellbeing

5th July 2023: Women's Health

6th July: Social Prescribing

7th July: Children's Health

8th July: Cost of Living

9th July Shared Decision Making

Health Information Weeks 2022

The themes for health information week 2022 are: 

  • translated patient information
  • long COVID
  • kidney health
  • media literacy
  • heart health
  • arthritis

We have curated sources of information on each topic which you can view and download from the PDFs opposite.

Information Sources for #HIW2023 Themes

Information Sources for #HIW2022