Can you read a nutrition label?
It's a serious question. Did you know the single strongest predictor of an individual’s health status is literacy skills? It’s no doubt that health literacy affects positive outcomes for patients. Low health literacy causes poorer health knowledge, higher mortality, and ...
Q&A: Why you should attend the 2015 Wisconsin Health Literacy Summit with Steve Sparks
Low health literacy is directly associated with higher mortality, poorer health status and increased hospital and ER use. One-third of all adults have problems understanding even basic information; such as how to care for themselves after leaving the hospital or ...
