Competency 2: Health literacy

Question 1

is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

Answer 1

personal health literacy

Question 2

is the degree to which organizations equitably enable individuals to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

Answer 2

organizational health literacy

Question 3

What is the focus of healthy people 2030?

Answer 3

Emphasize people’s ability to use health information rather than just understand it
Focus on the ability to make “well-informed” decisions rather than “appropriate” ones
Incorporate a public health perspective
Acknowledge that organizations have a responsibility to address health literacy