Jessica S. Ancker|David R. Kaufman
Rethinking Health Numeracy: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review
Columbia University|Columbia University
purpose review organize various published conceptions health numeracy discuss health numeracy contributes productive use quantitative information health define health numeracy individuallevel skills needed understand use quantitative health information including basic computation skills ability use information documents nontext formats graphs ability communicate orally also identify two factors affecting whether consumer use quantitative health information design documents information artifacts healthcare providers communication skills draw upon distributed cognition perspective argue essential ingredients productive use quantitative health information include health numeracy also good provider communication skills well documents devices designed enhance comprehension cognition