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Health literacy is the relationship between a person’s literacy, language and numeracy levels and their ability to receive, understand and process health information. Low levels of health literacy impacts negatively on an individuals’ ability to take action to improve their health. Health literacy is key to addressing health inequalities.
Low levels of health literacy have a detrimental impact on a person’s health outcomes. Low levels of health literacy often mean a person is unable to:
manage their own health effectively
Helping people develop their understanding of health issues in an integral part of the Government’s strategy to address health inequalities and is central to the Skilled for Health programme.
Skilled for Health (SfH) is the first national programme that embeds the essential skills development of Skills for Life with health improvement.
