“Health literacy is the ultimate global currency of health and well-being. Without health literacy, medicine fails, public health fails, and people pay the co

Health literacy-the ability for individuals to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services to facilitate appropriate health decisions-

To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This

Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services they need to make appropriate h

The field of health literacy has evolved from one focused on individuals to one that recognizes that health literacy is multidimensional. While communicating in