Andrew Pleasant|Shyama Kuruvilla
A tale of two health literacies: public health and clinical approaches to health literacy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey|Boston University
public health concerns underlie considerable portion global burden disease increasing utility need promoting assessing knowledge public health issues health literacy generally agreed upon means find understand analyze use information make better decisions health ultimately reduce inequities health public health literacy knowledge scale tested china mexico ghana india somewhat unexpected finding experts scored less scale general public led consideration differences clinical public health approaches health literacy implications differences perspective instance consideration single case effects versus impacts societal level pose significant challenges developing assessing health literacy suggest comprehensive approach health literacy include clinical public health approaches