Global Perspectives on Children's Health Literacy Intersections Between Health, Education and Community

Rosie Nash, B.Pharm (Hons), Grad Cert (Research), PhD, MPS, CF
 is a Pharmacist and Senior Lecturer in Public Health, at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Rosie co-founded HealthLit4Kids in 2016 and is Australia’s foremost researcher in children’s health literacy and health policy. Since 2018, HealthLit4Kids has been included as a case study in three WHO high level reports and recognised by the WHO as a National Health Literacy Demonstration Project. Rosie was awarded the prestigious Sir Winston Churchill Fellowship in 2020. Rosie is the CEO of HealthLit4Everyone, a social enterprise that aims to support the development of health literacy in communities.

Vaughan Cruickshank, BHM, MEd, PhD, FACHPER
 is a former health and physical education teacher who is currently a Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is also the Program Director of the Bachelor of Education (Health and Physical Education) and (Science/Maths) programs. Vaughan’s research interests include how and what Health and Physical Education teachers can do to enhance their teaching and non-teaching roles, how we can keep people active and healthy throughout their lives, and how we can increase the health literacy of children, adults and communities.

Shandell Elmer, RN, BA (Hons), PhD, 
is an Associate Professor in Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Tasmania, Australia, and holds an Adjunct position with Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria. Shandell co-founded HealthLit4Kids with Dr. Nash in 2016 and is a director of HealthLit4Everyone, a social enterprise that aims to support the development of health literacy in communities. Shandell has significant experience in health literacy research, practice, training and education with diverse communities and service providers. She has completed assignments for the WHO including collaboration on the WHO Health Literacy Development for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases.