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The National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy - Society for ...

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Federal Definition <strong>for</strong><strong>Health</strong> <strong>Literacy</strong>• <strong>Health</strong> literacy is the degree <strong>to</strong> whichindividuals have the capacity <strong>to</strong> obtain,process, and understand basic healthin<strong>for</strong>mation and services needed <strong>to</strong> makeappropriate health decisions.Source: <strong>Health</strong>y People 2010

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