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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2018 Jun 4;138(2):e48–e74. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000579

Figure 2. Health literacy presented as a life course trait.

Figure 2.

Opportunities exist for the enfranchisement or impoverishment of health literacy beginning in infancy and spanning across the life course. Health literacy as encountered in adults reflects myriad familial, community and environmental, and educational influences. This statement emphasizes the overall goal as not correcting health literacy challenges in an individual but implementing approaches toward healthcare communication and delivery that are universally accessible.