Many health care providers are unaware of the large number of patients in their practices who have limited health literacy.
Health information is increasingly complex. Everyone, regardless of education, age or socioeconomic status, wants help understanding health information.
Low health literacy is a silent epidemic, and you can't tell by looking who is at greatest risk. This section contains information on tools that providers can use to identify those patients in their practice at greatest risk for low health literacy and its consequences.
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