HEALTH LITERACY
FUNCTIONAL
HEALTH LITERACY
The ability to understand health information sufficiently enough to take appropriate decisions about your own condition or treatment
reading print v digital
Understanding how we read and
recall health information is just
as important the messages
it contains
Those with the lowest levels of
literacy, who need help
the most are also the
hardest to reach
Digital Information is harder to
recall because our brains will
only scan only part of it
rather than read it all
DIGITAL
HEALTH LITERACY
The ability to read and recall health information. viewed on a digital platform compared to reading on
more traditional print media.