Carine Fabius

Illiterate? Read this!

Can a lack of basic reading skills make you sick? I would not have readily made that connection but the answer is yes. According to the NNLM, a U.S. government agency: “…poor health literacy is a stronger predictor of a person’s health than age, income, employment status, education level, and race.” I had never heard the term “health literacy” before and came across it while researching the impact of illiteracy in the U.S. It makes sense. If your reading and Read More…