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

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.” ...

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

Padmini Murthy, MD, MPh is Assistant Professor, New York Medical College School of Public Health. She also serves as the NGO co-representative of the Medical Women's International Association to the ...

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 ...

Earlier this week, UnitedHealthGroup released a study reaffirming the importance of health literacy. The study “illustrate[s] the importance of increasing health literacy as a key component in driving ...

The problem we face today in terms of vaccine acceptance is not the science of preventing disease. I believe it’s health illiteracy. There have been many unfounded concerns about the Covid-19 vaccine.

Strengthening health literacy among Kansans is one of the top priorities identified in the Healthy Kansans 2030 State Health Improvement Plan, given the impact individuals’ ability to understand ...

In Texas, where rural regions stretch for miles and health disparities mean chronic conditions disproportionately affect our families, the ability to access, understand and act on health information ...