Low health literacy has been associated with nonadherence to treatment plans and medical regimens, poor patient self-care, high health-care costs, and increased risk of hospitalization and mortality.

Communication Literacy 2 (CL2) is taught within the disciplines, providing students with a range of choices for completing the second course of the Communication Literacy sequence. Departments may ...

Patient activation, earned trust and health literacy at patient, provider and health system levels are critical to overcoming ...

Health literacy refers to the set of skills people need to find, understand and use information to maintain good health. People with low health literacy—roughly half of all adults in North America, ...