Question

1. Discuss the importance of health literacy to health consumers.

Answer 1

Health literacy is the skill, capability of a person or the consumer, more specifically the patient to understand the healthcare information s provided by the healthcare personnels as the part of active involvement of the consumer in the selection of the therapy as the best choice. This health literacy helps in the appropriate decison making as well as setting the best communication between the consumer as well as the healthjcare providers. It enables to make the healthy relationship between the consumer as weel as the health care provider and make the platform for the healthy discussion about the current condition of health and the therapy with the active involvement of the comnsumer with best possible support in the overall treatment regime.The consumer may advocate himsel/herself in the medical coding to understand the therapy and possible complications.