Health Literacy Month

October is Health Literacy Month. The intention is to highlight the need for organizations and healthcare providers to offer understandable health information to their patients or clients. This year’s theme is “Why Health Literacy Matters: Sharing Our Stories in Words, Pictures, and Sound.” “Health literacy is the ability to understand health information and to use that information to make good decisions about your health and medical care.”

Consumer Health, Observances | Permalink | 2 Comments | Posted Thursday, October 1, 2009 by Jennifer Lloyd

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  2. Julie Schiavo says:
    Monday, October 5, 2009 at 9:25 am

    The Dental Library will be offering a class “Health Literacy: It’s not just the ability to read” on Tuesday, October 13th, at noon. The class is open to anyone affiliated with the Health Sciences Center. Please email dentlib@lsuhsc.edu for more infomation or to register.
    Thank you!

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