TABLE 1. Healthy People 2030 Health Literacy Definitions^a.

Personal health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

Organizational health literacy is the degree to which organizations equitably enable individuals to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

^aThe new health literacy definitions and a summary of the role of health literacy in Healthy People 2030 can be found on this webpage: https://health.gov/our-work/healthy-people/healthy-people-2030/health-literacy-healthy-people-2030