UCF professor and students break barriers in health literacy
The average English-speaking adult reads at a seventh to eighth grade reading level, Dr. Richard Zraick, UCF communication sciences and disorders professor, said. Zraick said health literacy is the ability to find, understand and use health information.
“Think about that," Zraick said. "You’re in the grocery store, in Publix, reading around. The average person around you is reading at that level in this country.”Because medical information is even more difficult to comprehend than thin...
“Think about that," Zraick said. "You’re in the grocery store, in Publix, reading around. The average person around you is reading at that level in this country.”Because medical information is even more difficult to comprehend than thin...
