Handouts from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the JAMA Network group required a 10th-grade reading level on ...

Nurses and nurse midwives have historically considered patient education ... strong evidence that health education materials are rarely written at appropriate literacy levels, yet they continue ...

For individuals from diverse backgrounds, managing heart disease effectively often depends on more than access to medical ...

Am J Health ... literacy of the average American is low and that health care professionals use too much medical jargon when they communicate with patients. I want to provide more effective ...

Low health literacy has been associated with nonadherence to treatment plans and medical regimens, poor patient self-care, high health-care costs, and increased risk of hospitalization and mortality.