Arizona Health Disparities Center

Take Action to Improve Health Communication

By |2017-10-25T12:31:00-07:00October 25th, 2017|Prevention|

October is Health Literacy Month. It is a great time for individuals and organizations to promote the importance of understandable health information. Health Literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. In the United States, only 12 [...]

Comments Off on Take Action to Improve Health Communication

Health Disparities

By |2012-07-27T08:27:04-07:00July 27th, 2012|General|

Lots of risk factors contribute to health disparities…  and many of the risk factors are called "social determinants of health." A couple of months ago we (with our community partners), launched the Social Determinants of Health educational series to boost professional development and program planning so Arizona’s public health team can better address health equity [...]

Comments Off on Health Disparities
Go to Top