01/19/2022
Boston University Metropolitan College Health Communication Director Leigh Curtin-Wilding knows the language of healthcare can be hard to understand. But as she teaches in Writing for Health (MET HC 561), clarity in health literacy is important. “When health information is clear and addresses people where they are, it supports goals for greater health equity,” she says.
How Health Equity Relies on Health Literacy The language of healthcare can be hard to understand. For those with basic or marginal health literacy, it can even be a hazard. At last month’s annual meeting of the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD), Leigh Curtin-Wilding, director of the BU ME...