Health Literacy

By addressing health literacy, we can improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities globally.

Health literacy refers to the personal characteristics and social resources needed for individuals and communities to access, understand, appraise and use information and services to make decisions about health. Addressing health literacy is both an individual and systems level issue.  

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West Midlands (UK) Tuberculosis sanatoria and public information. Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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The Epistemic Determinants of Health
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Policy and practice - Transforming health systems and societies by investing in health literacy policy and strategy

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Report: Acting together - WHO National Health Literacy Demonstration Projects (NHLDPs) address health literacy needs in the European Region

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What is the evidence on existing policies and linked activities and their effectiveness for improving health literacy at national, regional and organizational levels in the WHO European Region

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