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HIV / AIDS Facts

Question: What are the skills needed for health literacy?

Answer:

Patients are often faced with complex information and treatment decisions. Patients need to:

- Access health care services
- Analyze relative risks and benefits
- Calculate dosages
- Communicate with health care providers
- Evaluate information for credibility and quality
- Interpret test results
- Locate health information


Source: http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/hlthlit.html#definitions

In Partnership with: Poole College of Management, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, Penn State

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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