According to Healthy People 2010, health literacy is defined as the “degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health
information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.” 

Please review the following ways that you can work with us to improve health literacy in Durham! 

1. Become a Community Partner and share your health related knowledge.

2. Practice using health literacy curriculum with your student(s).

• The El Paso Collaborative Health Literacy Curriculum
• HEAL:BCC Curriculum Health Education and Adult Literacy: Breast and Cervical Cancer

3. Stay current and share information.

• AMA The American Medical Association
• Health Literacy Studies
• Healthy People 2010