Why is readability important?
The link between readability and health literacy:
- Most printed health information exceeds high-school level
reading skills.
- About half of American adults read at or below an 8th-grade
level.
- An epidemic of “low health literacy”: Half our population may
not be able to read or understand health information, including
informed consent documents.
reading skills.
level.
not be able to read or understand health information, including
informed consent documents.
