What’s well being literacy?
Well being literacy means figuring out the best way to discover, perceive, and use well being data to make one of the best selections for themselves and others.
Why is well being literacy vital?
Well being literacy is vital as a result of it helps individuals perceive well being data, make selections that assist them keep wholesome, and get the care they want. Well being literacy helps individuals care for their well being by understanding care directions, noticing issues early, and staying protected. It additionally saves cash, makes care fairer for everybody, and offers individuals the boldness to ask questions and make one of the best well being choices for themselves
Who wants well being literacy?
Everybody does! Well being literacy isn’t only for individuals who converse one other language or didn’t go to varsity. Even individuals who learn effectively and perceive numbers can have a tough time with well being data, particularly after they really feel frightened, scared, or confused.
Subsequent time you’re on the physician, don’t be afraid to ask your well being workforce to “Say it merely!”
Occasions and actions 2025
Coloring contest
Well being Literacy Pop-Up Cubicles
- Orange — Tuesday, Oct. 7, 6:30 to eight a.m.; 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Invoice Holmes second-floor foyer
- Mission — Tuesday, Oct. 7, beginning at 10 a.m. within the fifth-floor foyer
- San Diego — Monday, Oct. 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in entrance of the ACP Constructing
Pricey Hospital Pop-Up at Orange Hospital
- Go to the show within the Invoice Holmes Foyer
- Open from Friday, Oct. 10, to Friday, Oct. 17.
Storytime with Lois at Orange Hospital
- Thursday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. on the Household Useful resource Middle
- Get pleasure from a enjoyable story with our resident canine
Affected person and Household Well being Literacy Toolkit
Take a look at our toolkit to be taught extra about well being literacy.
Get Concerned! Assist unfold the phrase! Obtain and share the Well being Literacy Month flyer with your loved ones, pals, and group to advertise consciousness and participation.
Disclaimer: Youngsters’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and Rady Youngsters’s Hospital San Diego have united underneath a mixed nonprofit guardian group known as Rady Youngsters’s Well being. This web page might embody hyperlinks to each CHOC and Rady Youngsters’s Hospital San Diego web sites.
