Health literacy includes a set of skills needed to make appropriate health decisions and
successfully navigate the health care system. These skills include reading, writing …

Background Effective risk communication is essential for informed decision making.
Unfortunately, many people struggle to understand typical risk communications because …

Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues argue that, although evidence based medicine has had
many benefits, it has also had some negative unintended consequences. They offer a …

We introduce the Berlin Numeracy Test, a new psychometrically sound instrument that
quickly assesses statistical numeracy and risk literacy. We present 21 studies (n= 5336) …

Background In the last decade, the attention for health literacy has increased in the
European Union. This is due to three main reasons. First, reviews have shown that …

Background Making evidence-based decisions often requires comparison of two or more
options. Research-based evidence may exist which quantifies how likely the outcomes are …

Background: Effective communication of risks and benefits to patients is critical for shared
decision making. Purpose: To review the comparative effectiveness of methods of …

The US Department of Health and Human Services recently called for action on health
literacy. An important first step is defining the current state of the literature about …

Visualizations of tabular data are widely used; understanding their effectiveness in different
task and data contexts is fundamental to scaling their impact. However, little is known about …

Background. Visual displays are often used to communicate important medical information
to patients. However, even the simplest graphs are not understood by everyone. Objective …