Investing in literate organizations beyond health: a path to health literacy
The evidence highlights the importance of reflecting on “literate organizations” (Brach et al., 2012) both in the health and social areas (and eventually others) with strong repercussions in increasing the level of literacy in health of individuals already well characterized by this low LS: elderly, people with socioeconomic deprivation, migrants (Sorensen et al., 2012), people with long-term and chronic illnesses, young people (Svendsen and others, 2020), long-term unemployed (Espanha and others, 2016).
Health literacy has always been associated with health domains, although it has started to be addressed in the area of education (Simonds, 1974).
