 | | | | | What contributes to low health literacy? | | Health literacy is related to overall literacy. Nearly 45 percent of Americans can't carry out basic literacy tasks, such as identifying a specific location on a map, or reading a table about blood pressure.
The health care system contributes to low health literacy problems by using complicated medical terms when simpler words would work better. Providers can improve health literacy by listening to patients. On average, providers interrupt patients fewer than 25 seconds after they begin speaking.
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