C. Goals: To improve the health literacy abilities of all Canadians by:• developing a sound
knowledge base that provides access to the existing and most recent information as well as …

The Expert Panel on Health Literacy is the latest in a series of health literacy initiatives led
by the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA). The Expert Panel was convened in April …

Governments around the world have adopted national policies and programs to improve
health literacy. This paper examines progress in the development of evidence to support …

Since the 1990s, there has been a steep and steady rise in studies published, and national
and international policies adopted, on health literacy. This surge in interest has focused on …

The past 25 years has seen extraordinary growth in interest in health literacy among
researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. This interest has been underpinned by …

Abstract In 2004 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Health Literacy: A Prescription to End
Confusion, highlighted that “efforts to improve quality, to reduce costs, and to reduce …

Public health concerns underlie a considerable portion of the global burden of disease,
increasing the utility and need for promoting and assessing the knowledge about public …

In September 2007, the Canadian Council on Learning published Health Literacy in
Canada: Initial results from the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey. 1 From this …

Why do we need health literacy? Through a health promotion and social justice lens, Laurie
Hoffman-Goetz, Lorie Donelle, and Rukhsana Ahmed describe health literacy as an …

SUMMARY 'Health literacy'refers to accessing, understanding and using information to
make health decisions. However, despite its introduction into the World Health …