Mayo Clinic Minute: Boosting kids’ health literacy

October is National Health Literacy Month. Health literacy refers to the ability of individuals to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.

In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Angela Mattke, a pediatrician with Mayo Clinic’s Children’s Center, explains how Mayo Clinic is leading the way to enhance health literacy for kids through engaging books to inform and inspire young people.

Developing personal health literacy is something that can begin early in life.

Dr. Angela Mattke says these types of books provide accessible information on a wide range of health and science-related topics.

Understanding their disease can help them feel empowered and knowledgeable about how they can participate in their care. But it’s not just kids with serious health conditions that can benefit from this education.

Which is another goal of promoting health literacy in children.
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