Health literacy: just another way to blame patients for their poor health?
The Department of Health (2007) demonstrated the link between improved lifestyle choices in terms of healthier eating and reduced smoking among those with higher health literacy. But is it simply a factor that those who continue to make poor lifestyle choices do so because they have low health literacy, or is it that health professionals often contribute to ongoing health literacy problems because of the nature of their interaction with the individual?
Phillips
Jim
J
Expert Patients Programme Community Interest Company. jim.phillips@eppcic.co.uk
D057220:Health Literacy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D012944:Social Support; D006113:United Kingdom