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 health
messages it contains
Those with the lowest levels of
literacy are also usually
the hardest to reach
Digital Information is harder to
recall because the brain will
only scan part of it
rather read it fully
DIGITAL
HEALTH LITERACY
The ability to read and recall health information. viewed on a digital platform compared to reading on
more traditional print media.