Assessing Personal Health Literacy

Healthy People 2030 defines personal health literacy as “the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.”

Assessing personal health literacy can be done in the context of research, clinical care, or program planning.

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