Developing Health Literacy Skills in Children and Youth

Young people develop health literacy skills in a variety of environments, facing critical thinking challenges about their health from school, home and family life, peers and social life, and online. To explore the development of health literacy skills in youth, the Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a workshop on November 19, 2019, in Washington, DC. Presenters at the workshop discussed factors relating to health literacy skills and ways to further develop those skills among youth from early childhood to young adulthood. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.


Table of Contents


Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 Setting the Stage
3 Places: Where Youth Confront Health Literacy Challenges and
Develop Skills
4 People: Research and Lessons from Addressing Specific
Populations' Health Literacy Needs
5 Partnerships and Community: Working with Youth and Their
Communities to Address Their Health Literacy Needs
6 Reflections on the Workshop
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Moderators, Speakers,
and Panelists