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October 2024

Health Literacy is a Collective Effort — and Organizations Play a Pivotal Role

Posted on October 1, 2024 by ODPHP

One of the most important questions public health professionals need to consider is not only what intervention will achieve the desired health outcomes, but what level of influence will be most effective. The social-ecological model of health identifies factors that affect health at different levels — ranging from individual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors to the family and community level and into the broader level of societal factors. Across all levels, health literacy is an important social determinant of health.

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