Happy Health Literacy Month!
October is Health Literacy Month! Today I’d like to offer you some of our best health literacy resources. Here’s a preview of the Health Literacy handout that’s usually reserved for people who get the popular Health Literacy PowerPoint from the Nutrition Education Store.
What is Health Literacy?
Health literacy is “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions" (source).
There are three main components of health literacy:
- Obtain
- Process
- Understand
- Read as much as you can (remember those credible sources).
- Ask questions when you visit your healthcare team.
- Find professionals that you trust.
- Take notes.
- Come up with your own action plan.
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