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In health care delivery, 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."^[1]

Markers of possible impaired health literacy are self-report of:^[2]

Difficulty completing medical forms
Difficulty reading written hospital material
Use of someone to help you read written materials received from the hospital

It is unclear how to overcome difficulties in communicating quantitative information.^[3]

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↑ Anonymous (2025), Health literacy (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ Powers BJ, Trinh JV, Bosworth HB (2010). "Can this patient read and understand written health information?". JAMA 304 (1): 76-84. DOI:10.1001/jama.2010.896. PMID 20606152. Research Blogging.
↑ Ancker JS, Kaufman D (2007). "Rethinking Health Numeracy: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review". DOI:10.1197/jamia.M2464. PMID 17712082. Research Blogging.

[1] Anonymous (2025), Health literacy (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[pmid20606152-2] Powers BJ, Trinh JV, Bosworth HB (2010). "Can this patient read and understand written health information?". JAMA 304 (1): 76-84. DOI:10.1001/jama.2010.896. PMID 20606152. Research Blogging.

[pmid17712082-3] Ancker JS, Kaufman D (2007). "Rethinking Health Numeracy: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review". DOI:10.1197/jamia.M2464. PMID 17712082. Research Blogging.

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