Health Literacy – Good Health and Well Being
Health Literacy – Good Health and Well Being
Health Literacy is the degree to which an individual can obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions.
Anyone who needs health information and services needs health literacy skills to
- Find information and services
- Communicate their needs and preferences and respond to information and services
- Process the meaning and usefulness of the information and services
- Understand the choices, consequences, and context of the information and services
- Decide which information and services match their needs and preferences so they can act
Anyone who provides health information and services to others, such as a doctor, nurse, dentist, pharmacist, or public health worker, also needs health literacy skills to
- Help people find information and services
- Communicate about health and healthcare
- Process what people are explicitly and implicitly asking for
- Understand how to provide useful information and services
- Decide which information and services work best for different situations and people so they can act
The Humanity and Health Foundation incorporation plans and programs:
- Preventive programs such as screening for the prevention of communicable diseases like HIV, STD & Tuberculosis
- Facilitate immunizations programs against seasonal disease such as measles, flu and zika virus
- Work with existing federal, state and local agencies to provide preventive measures against Malaria in the Sub-Saharan region of Africa
- Establish the following in all our identified locations.
- A drug addiction prevention program, through the setup of programs such as Fathers Against Drug Abuse (FADA) program.
- Community Against Drug (CAD) Prevention program,
- Students Against Drugs Experts (SADE) program, and
- A community sex education program (SEP) to prevent sexually transmitted disease, for teens and adults.
Related Programs
- Health Tips & Promotion of Health
- Health Frequently Asked Questions
- Hepatitis Awareness and Prevention
- Mental Health Promotion – What You Need to Know
- Sexual Health Promotion, What You Need to Know
- Community Wellness Outreach Program
