Health Literacy and Communication Strategies in Oncology: Proceedings of a Workshop

by Health and Medicine Division, Board on Health Care Services, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, et al.

Health literacy is a critical skill for engaging in healthy behaviors to reduce disease risk and improve health outcomes across the continuum of cancer care. However, estimates suggest that more than one-third of the U.S. adult population has low health literacy, and nearly half of all patients with cancer have difficulty understanding information about their disease or treatment. Low health literacy among patients with cancer is associated with poor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309671051
• ISBN13: 9780309671057
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 78 Pages