International Health Literacy and Nursing

Health literacy is fundamental to every interaction that occurs between patients and health care professionals. Modifying the negative effects of low health literacy and ineffective communication between patient and provider is essential to ensure health equity and to reduce disparities. A nursing workforce that is proficient with health literacy best practices is impeditive to improve patient outcomes and reduce cost. The Health Literacy and Nursing interest group will promote global collaboration among nurses for advocacy, research, and community engagement initiatives to improve health literacy and patient outcomes.