Health communication is an essential health promotion strategy to convert scientific findings
into actionable, empowering information for the public. Health communication interventions …

While health literacy research has experienced tremendous growth in the last two decades,
the field still struggles to devise interventions that lead to lasting change. Most health literacy …

Limited health literacy is increasingly recognized as a public health problem. Growing
recognition of the problem—and the need for solutions—creates an imperative for the field of …

Introduction The public today is exposed to more health information than at any previous
time in human history. Health care professionals provide advice, television and radio …

As a field of research, a viable approach to improving health outcomes, and an important
area of policy, health literacy has experienced significant growth and considerable evolution …

A common goal of health communication research and practice is to identify messages that
are accessible to target populations, including those with limited skills (US Department of …

Background: The relative value of universal compared to contingent approaches to
communication and behavioral interventions for persons of low health literacy remains …

Members of vulnerable populations—including people who are poor, elderly, immigrants,
members of minority groups, have disabilities, and/or those with low levels of education …

Governments around the world have adopted national policies and programs to improve
health literacy. This paper examines progress in the development of evidence to support …

–Involve members of the target population, including persons with limited health literacy, in
planning, developing, implementing, disseminating and evaluating health and safety …