A couple of weeks ago, I went to an alumni event hosted by my high school. While there, I had a discussion about what I do, my interests. All of the typical stuff that you talk about with a person you haven't seen in years. We got to talking about health literacy and what it means. He pointed out what is a common misconception about the name health literacy. It is not a problem that solely affects people who have low overall literacy skills. It can affect the most educated am

If you follow me on any social media then you may know that yesterday I had the opportunity to visit the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. I literally spent the entire day there from open to close and learned so much. It was an unbelievable experience that I hope everyone gets to have. Coming out of the museum I was loving and reveling in all of my Blackness but also acutely aware of everything that we have overcome and all of the progress t

"Many parents are making dosing errors when giving medicine to their children" Pop Quiz: What's the best tool to use to dispense liquid medicine to your child? A. Spoon B. Measuring cup C. Syringe D. Just eyeball it and pray Hopefully you chose C for your answer, now let's get into why. Researchers have found that oral syringes are the gold standard for delivering medicine to a sick child in order to reduce the chance of making a dosing error. In a study, parents who used mea

"Communicating clearly helps people feel more involved in their health care and increases the chances of following through on their treatment plans. All patients appreciate receiving information that is clear and easy to act on." -Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit If you have ever taken a first aid class then you have probably heard of OSHA's Universal Precautions guidelines which require healthcare professionals to assume that any bodily fluid may be infected wit

"As clinicians, what we say does not matter unless our patients are able to understand the information we give them well enough to use it to

Welcome and Happy Health Literacy Month! Health Literacy Month was founded by Helen Osbourne, M.Ed., OTR/L to bring awareness to the issue o