TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Health Literacy A1 - Rudd, Rima E. A1 - Anderson, Jennie E. A1 - Oppenheimer, Sarah C. A1 - Rosenfeld, Lindsay E. A1 - Mandic, Carmen Gomez A2 - Wallace, Robert B. PY - 2017 T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e AB - Health literacy has been used as a metaphor as is science literacy or computer literacy, referring to knowledge about and facility with a particular area or process. However, most references to health literacy in scholarly articles move beyond the metaphor and highlight the importance of literacy skills applied in health contexts. Literacy skills encompass a set of related activities that include reading, writing, engaging in oral exchange, and using basic math. Adults apply these skills to numerous health-related activities at home, at work, in the community, and in social service and health care settings. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion, proposed that an individual's health literacy capacity is mediated by education, and its adequacy is affected by culture, language, and the characteristics of health-related settings.1 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Medical CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/04 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141973285 ER -