Health Literacy
The Texas Public Health Association has incorporated health literacy into the Policy and Advocacy Committee to empower systems and individuals to promote the public's health through health literacy in Texas.
Supporting systems change in health literacy will promote the success of health initiatives and health information transparency for the 30 million people living in Texas.
Low health literacy results in worse health outcomes and increased costs
- Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.
- Two decades of research has shown that nearly 9 out of 10 United States adults struggle at one time or another to use everyday health information.
- Low health literacy is associated with less ability to understand and follow medical advice and worse health outcomes, including more hospitalization and emergency care and less use of preventive services like cancer screenings.\
- Low health literacy is estimated to cost the US economy billions annually in healthcare expenditures.
To learn more: info@texaspha.org
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