View Health Literacy Infographic Background. Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information in order to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. Health literacy is defined by the institute of medicine as the degree to which individuals can obtain health literacy skills are needed in sickness and in health.
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. A guide to simplifying the user experience. This is a public service this animated infographic (graduation project) shows the main outcome of the european health literacy. More information can be found at our health literacy infographic.