This listserv operates in partnership with the LINCS Basic Skills Resource Collection, Ohio Literacy Resource Center, Kent State University, to provide an on-going professional development forum where literacy practitioners, healthcare providers, health educators, researchers, policymakers, and others can discuss health literacy needs, goals and strategies

Nine out of ten adults have problems finding and using health information and the cost to our nation of poor health literacy is estimated to be between $100 and $200 billion a year . . .

Health information is presented in a way that most Americans cannot understand. Nearly 9 out of 10 adults have difficulty using the everyday health information that is routinely available in health care facilities, media, and communities . . .