Patient Engagement August 14, 2023
Organizational health literacy acknowledges that patients are not responsible for improving their own personal health literacy.
Healthcare providers looking into the concept of health literacy need to be aware of its two key caveats: organizational health literacy and personal health literacy.
In its latest update, Healthy People, an initiative under the Department of Health and Human Services, specified organizational and personal health literacy under the umbrella of health literacy.
Indeed, health literacy has long been a pillar of the Healthy People program, which is hosted by the HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Every decade, Healthy People provides updated measurable public health goals.
Health literacy was a key pillar of both Healthy People 2010 and Healthy People 2020;...
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