Limited health literacy is common among middle-aged primary care patients and is associated with poorer health self-management skills.

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 ...

OK, Boomers, it turns out Millennials and Gen X also struggle navigating the often-confusing and overwhelming world of health ...

One in three middle-aged adults struggle with health literacy, including understanding medication labels and medical ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several evidence-based health literacy resources may be beneficial in health plan settings to improve organizational health literacy, personal health literacy, and health equity. Objectives: Numerous ...

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 ...

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 ...