Antibodies. Variants. Transmissibility. Who would have ever thought we’d use words like these in everyday life? The ongoing pandemic has highlighted how important it is to understand health ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The complexity of the U.S. health care system makes it ...

Taking care of our own health and that of our family is an ongoing part of everyday life, not just when we visit a doctor or hospital. Increasing our health literacy can help us protect our health, ...

A recent study found that teach-to-goal methods are more effective than brief interventions in metered-dose inhaler education for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, ...

Health literacy is a concept that addresses an individual’s ability to “find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.” ...

Health literacy is the ability to find, understand, and use health information to make informed decisions. The U.S. government now recognizes both personal and organizational responsibility for health ...

Improving health literacy is essential for promoting health equity, reducing preventable illness, and making health care more effective. Every part of your life shapes your health. Where you live, ...

Eddie Moran knows a thing or two about health care. Before he was elected mayor of Reading, Moran was a health insurance agent who would often visit individuals in their homes to enroll them in ...

Include Family Members. As Jones, Treiber, and Jones state, “it takes a village” to assist a patient who has low health literacy. 13 Not only do the various members of the healthcare team serve in ...