A Scalability Assessment of an Organizational Health Literacy Initiative to Support Health Professionals in Developing Quality Consumer Information
Open Access
- 3 April 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Health Communication
- Vol. 31 (4) , 160-169
Abstract
Quality health communication is fundamental to safe, patient-centered healthcare (Grover et al., 2022) and a core strategy to address health literacy (Nutbeam & Muscat, 2021). When communication be...Keywords
Funding Information
- Statewide Health Literacy Hub
- NSW Ministry of Health
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