Biography
Biography: Gwenn Scott
Abstract
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals has the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions to treatment. Most health information is written at the 10th grade level or higher. The average person in the U.S. reads at an 8th grade level. Reading at or below the 5th grade level in the U.S. are 20% of adults, 40% of older adults, 50% African-Americans and Hispanics.