Health Literacy Month

Health Literacy Month is a time for organizations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information. This annual, worldwide, awareness-raising event has been going strong ever since Helen Osborne founded it in 1999.

Interested in learning more about health literacy and why it is so important?

Take a moment to visit some of these resources:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Indian Health Service (IHS)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)