Learn about the many negative effects of limited health literacy and simple steps you can take to improve health care ...

Adult literacy challenges deepen health inequities, limit opportunity and are linked to incarceration. Even so, efforts to ...

Male patient tells the doctor about his health complaints. Over the years, I have talked to thousands of patients and community members who make it painfully clear that our health communication ...

I have spent many years trying to provide insight and educate the public with a focus on health promotion/disease prevention. The issue of health literacy is an integral component to assist ...

Health literacy is a concept that addresses an individual’s ability to “find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.” ...

Low health literacy is a problem for a substantial proportion of people with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to research published in The Journal of Head Trauma ...

Experts say there is a very good way to protect your child’s future health: Teach them how to read. Reading outcomes and health outcomes for Ohioans go hand in hand, healthcare workers say, as Ohio ...

About 93% of U.S. adults access the internet, and 80% of those search for health information, despite low levels of proficiency in health literacy. In a new study, researchers have developed an ...

Health literacy is increasingly recognised as a pivotal determinant in the effective management of chronic diseases. It encompasses the ability of individuals to access, comprehend and utilise health ...

Oral health literacy (OHL) is increasingly recognised as a pivotal determinant of oral health outcomes across diverse populations worldwide. The concept encompasses not only the ability to read and ...

The landscape already includes thousands of programs. The opportunity now is to make that content more adaptive, relevant and ...