statistical literacy

Reference: Framing health literacy: A comparative analysis of national action plans. Heide Weishaara et al This week’s paper of the week is brought to you by Professor Sir Muir Gray, 3V’s Founding Director. Bottom line, chosen from the paper Our analysis of national action plans shows that health literacy is a concept which provides opportunities to instigate discussions about a variety of health policy issues. Health literacy seems to have been successfully used to shape debates on health system reforms, patient empowerment, and shared decision making. The analysis shows that health literacy can, if applied strategically, help to focus policy debates on key public health problems and towards the development of previously obstructed solutions. While the malleability of [...]