This 2018 review article by Jared Magnani and colleagues from the American Heart Association seeks to:
- Summarize the relevance of health literacy to cardiovascular health.
- Present the adverse associations of health literacy with cardiovascular risk factors, conditions, and treatments.
- Suggest strategies that address barriers imposed by limited health literacy on the management and prevention of cardiovascular disease.
- Demonstrate the contributions of health literacy to health disparities, given its association with social determinants of health.
- Propose future directions for how health literacy can be integrated into the American Heart Association’s mandate to advance cardiovascular treatment and research, thereby improving patient care and public health.
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