Health literacy is a problem for which reasons? (Select all that apply.)
a. Age
b. Inability to read a map
c. Inability to read a prescription
d. Lack of financial resources
e. Little knowledge of diseases
ANS: B, C, D
Health literacy is the ability to understand and use information that is important in keeping healthy. If a person cannot read a prescription to learn how many pills he should take, cannot read a map to find out how to get to the next appointment, or cannot understand his disease process, he has problems with health literacy.
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