Limited Health Literacy and Public Health Practice
If you work in public health, you probably have experience with the impact of limited health literacy on your everyday work. Public health communicators are responsible for getting out vital...
View ArticleHealth Literacy Outcomes and Public Health
How do we know that focusing on health literacy makes a difference? The passing of Len Doak, co-author of the classic text Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills, places this question in a...
View ArticleHealth Literacy Sessions at National Conference on Health Communication,...
This week marks the Sixth National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media in Atlanta, Georgia. Each August, health communicators, educators, social marketers, media specialists, and...
View ArticleHealth Literacy Basics: Who is the Audience and What is the Purpose?
In his book The Checklist Manifesto, Dr. Atul Gawande argues that people, even experts, often skip basic, critical steps that can determine success or failure in a project or task. He proposes that...
View ArticleSee Who’s Talking About Health Literacy
In the last two weeks, two of the most prominent U.S. health officials addressed the importance of health literacy in achieving the Nation’s health objectives. In a blog about minority health progress,...
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