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title: "Highlighted Resource: Updating Health Literacy for a New Decade in Public Health"
description: Learn how the updated health literacy definition in Healthy People 2030 enhances patient interaction with health systems and the role of organizations in making information accessible.
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# [Highlighted Resource: Updating Health Literacy for a New Decade in Public Health](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/practicesupport/highlighted-resource-updating-health-literacy-for-a-new-decade-in-public-health)

 Written by [Janice Moore, MLS](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/practicesupport/author/janice-moore) | Oct 17, 2025 7:47:58 PM

In honor of Health Literacy Month, the ADL is highlighting an article about how the concept of health literacy has expanded to address different ways that patients interact with health systems.

The updated definition of health literacy in Healthy People 2030 points out the ways that health organizations are responsible for making their information accessible and understandable, as an essential part of health literacy.

To learn more, check out the ADL’s October 15 Highlighted Resource: [Updating Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030: Defining Its Importance for a New Decade in Public Health](https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/fulltext/2021/11001/updating_health_literacy_for_healthy_people_2030_.10.aspx)

 

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