The CDC defines personal health literacy as the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. Focusing on the “understand” dimension of health literacy, identify one or more barriers to consumer understanding of health information and outline a viable solution to address this challenge.
ESSAY COMPONENTS
Essays will be reviewed based on the following criteria:
Content
Uses credible science-based sources (e.g., scientific journals, reputable associations, government studies, etc.)
Provides an overview of key problems related to health literacy.
Clearly conveys the importance and impact of health literacy on society.
Offers consumer-focused solution(s) to highlighted problem areas.
Actionability
Proposed solution(s) are easy to understand/follow and offer a high-level overview of important implementation factors such as potential partners, resource requirement/s to execute plan, measurable outcomes, program sustainability, barriers to execution, testing/pilot opportunities, etc.
Solution(s) are aligned with and demonstrate understanding of the AHIMA Foundation’s commitment to Health Literacy for Health Equity.
Form
Essay is free of significant grammatical and spelling errors and follows formatting guidance outlined in submission instructions.
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