Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message

In Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Helen Osborne takes us into the world of a health literacy consultant and the work she does to improve health communication. Over the last 10 years, health literacy has received increasing attention from researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and Osborne has distinguished herself as one of the leading consultants in this area. As she defines it, health literacy is “a shared responsibility in which patients and providers each must communicate in ways the other can understand.” To those who accept this responsibility and are trying to communicate health messages more clearly, the need for health literacy consultants has become apparent. In this book, Helen Osborne offers an expert’s guide to strategies and techniques for improving health communication.