ASMR 2016

Consequences of Low Health Literacy • Increased hospital admissions and readmissions • Less responsive to public health initiatives • Less participation in preventive activities • Higher prevalence of risk factors • Poorer self-management of chronic conditions • Lower functional status • Poorer disease outcomes and Increased mortality • Increased costs • Health inequalities

Baker et al . 1998, 2002, Gazmararian et al. 2003, Murray et al. 2004, Weiss et al . 2005, Waite et al . 2008, Young et al . 2008, Mitchell et al . 2012, Bostock and Steptoe, 2012