Increase the proportion of adults with limited English proficiency who say their providers explain things clearly — HC/HIT‑D11 Healthy People in Action

Check out these Healthy People in Action posts to learn how our partners and communities nationwide are working toward Healthy People goals and objectives — and to read about the latest Healthy People 2030 updates. Use these posts to gather ideas for programs and policies in your own work.

Learn more about Healthy People in Action

Healthy People in Action posts related to this objective (1)

Organizations Have an Opportunity to Enhance Health Literacy

Posted on October 25, 2022 by ODPHP

There’s widespread agreement that health care is not the principal driver of health. Rather, the conditions in the places where people live, work, and play — what many refer to as social determinants of health — have the greatest influence on our health. Organizational health literacy — the degree to which organizations equitably enable individuals to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others — is one of those key social determinants.