title: Health literacy and its importance for effective communication. Part 2.
abstract: This is the second of two articles exploring the concept of health literacy, an often hidden barrier to effective healthcare communication. Part 1 was published in April ( Lambert and Keogh 2014 ). This article explains how to detect low levels of health literacy among parents and children, and outlines the challenges to assessing health literacy levels, including the stigma and discrimination some people experience. Some basic healthcare communication strategies for supporting health literacy in practice are suggested.
authors.affiliation: School of nursing and human sciences, Dublin City University, Ireland.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keogh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003144:Communication Barriers; D004522:Educational Status; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D057220:Health Literacy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology