Health literacy

The Center for Health Care Strategies has provided health literacy fact sheets to help improve health literacy practices. The fact sheets define health literacy, identify limited health literacy, highlight the connection between health literacy and health equity, how to improve written communication and how to improve verbal communication to promote patient health literacy.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health recognizes National Minority Health Month during the month of April. CMS OMH raises awareness about health disparities that disproportionately impact people from historically marginalized communities. CMS is committed to identifying where health care disparities exist and works to improve health equity across their programs and policies. CMS focuses on incorporating the perspective of lived experiences and integrating safety net providers and community-based organizations into their programs to eradicate differences in health outcomes experienced by people who are disadvantaged or underserved. This article includes a list of resources to be shared to spread awareness.