Section B: Why Is Health Literacy So Important?
- Facts and Figures: United States
- Facts and Figures: Virginia
- Origins of the Health Literacy Issue
- Current Efforts to Reduce Low Health Literacy
- Call for Collaboration
- Medical Efforts
- Developments in Health Literacy Assessment
- Literacy Tests in the Doctor's Office
- The 2003 NAAL
- Significance for the ABE Population in General
- Chart: Why Should We Teach Health Topics in Adult Education Classes?
- Examples of Teaching Opportunities by Skill Area for Health Education Instruction
- Reading English
- Speaking and Listening in English
- Writing in English
- Numeracy and Mathematics
- Critical Thinking
- Science
- Social Studies
- Computer Literacy
- Significance for African American Learners
- Significance for Limited English Proficient Learners
- Significance for Native American Learners
- Significance for Elderly Learners
- Significance for Family Literacy Learners
- A Few Words About the Sandwich Generation
- Significance for Incarcerated Learners
- Significance for Migrant Workers
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