University health centers provide this support and basic services, like flu shots, and often more complex services such as lab work, imaging services, and exams. But would a student understand that by visiting its website? ahimafoundation.org/news/health-li…
Both the @ACHA_tweets and the @AUCCCD support the #CuresAct Final Rule as a means to empower college students as consumers of health and mental health services and issued official guidance in May 2022. acha.org/documents/Reso…
"Health information professionals working in higher education settings can advocate for improved readability and accessibility of patient education and resources on websites." ahimafoundation.org/news/health-li…
In @MilkenInstitute's newly released report, "Health Literacy in the United States: Enhancing Assessments and Reducing Disparities," the authors offer these seven recommendations for moving forward. A 🧵 milkeninstitute.org/sites/default/…
1.The US needs a systematic, recurrent population-wide health literacy assessment. Versions of a patient-centric or target-audience-centric survey should be validated for various languages spoken in the US and conducted via a medium that is easy to understand and use.
2.A companion program should focus on institutions’ systematic and recurring organizational health literacy.