title: A definition and operational framework for health numeracy.
abstract: Health numeracy has often been overshadowed by health literacy, either ignored completely or identified simply as a subset of health literacy. Only now are researchers beginning to realize the importance of health numeracy as a separate entity. One of the first steps in this evolution is to establish a distinct definition for health numeracy, something that has not been addressed in the literature to date. This paper proposes such a definition, as well as a set of clarifying categories in hopes of helping researchers both to advance the field of health numeracy and to focus their topics within the realm of health numeracy.
authors.forename: Amanda L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Golbeck
authors.forename: Carolyn R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Ahlers-Schmidt
authors.forename: Angelia M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Paschal
authors.forename: S Edwards
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Dismuke
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D004522:Educational Status; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000193:education