This year Drexel has its first club focused solely on promoting health literacy throughout the community. This club, Health Literacy & Community Partners, is founded on the idea of bridging the gaps ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health IQ, the nation’s fastest growing life insurance company, today released a report entitled, “Health Literacy in the 50 States.” The report uses Health ...

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.” ...

Health literacy helps ensure the best quality of care for everyone." Although the MU report identifies the important role of health literacy, Hudson suggests that more research is needed to show ...

October is Health Literacy Month. Alexandra Watson, M.D. ’17, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine fourth-year family medicine resident, wants to bring attention to the importance of making ...

Ryan Bosch, MD, FACP, founder and president of Socially Determined, outlines steps for improving health literacy. Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced it will commit $250 million in ...

Taking care of our own health and that of our family is an ongoing part of everyday life, not just when we visit a doctor or hospital. Increasing our health literacy can help us protect our health, ...

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 ...

Health literacy is multi-dimensional and involves confidence, critical thinking, and practical skills. It is the foundation ...

Oral diseases remain among the most common—and preventable—health conditions worldwide, yet avoidable burden persists and concentrates in underserved and ...

Nearly half of American adults face higher risks of health problems because of trouble understanding medical terms and directions, experts said Thursday in a report that calls for a national effort to ...