The Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA) developed this article as a starting point for anyone new to health literacy. It explains personal and organizational health literacy, how limited health literacy affects health equity and outcomes, and practical ways to make health information easier to find, understand and use.
Topics include:
- What personal and organizational health literacy mean
- Who is most affected by limited health literacy
- How health literacy relates to hospitalizations, medication errors and disease management
- Strategies such as plain language, teach-back and universal precautions