For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom — they happen first in the doctor’s office.

Asking patients whether they understand health information you've just provided on the spot isn't the best way to improve health literacy. A better approach, according to patient-experience expert ...

Nutritional health literacy is increasingly recognized as a key determinant of dietary decision-making and long-term cardiometabolic health. During ...

Low health literacy is a significant barrier to quality care, especially among elderly patients, but increased use of simple and effective health literacy assessment tests by nurses and clinicians can ...

This appendix presents background and sample items from some of the measures that have been discussed in this report. For more information about the development and use of these measures, please see ...

Warren Buffet once said “Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.” Buffet is an investor and business tycoon and likely referring to the risk associated with business ventures; however, this ...

Low or limited health literacy is a predictor of poorer health outcomes and health disparities. Patient populations in the United States who are at higher risk of low/limited health literacy are ...

Health literacy is creating job opportunities and requirements to enhance the workforce with the development of health literacy as a professional skill. Considering the general growth in health ...

A 29-year-old African-American woman with three days of abdominal pain and fever was brought to a Baltimore emergency department by her family. After a brief evaluation she was told that she would ...