Those who want to inform themselves about health topics often feel lost in the jungle of information. According to surveys, many people do not have the necessary health literacy to distinguish fake news from trustworthy information.

In this video, Dr. Kristine Sørensen, President of the International Health Literacy Association, explains why health literacy is important and how a national health platform can contribute to improving health literacy.

In the “Trusted Health Ecosystems” project we are creating a concept and a product vision for a national health platform of the future. This video is part of the overall concept which is published at www.trusted-health-ecosystems.org.

0:18 What is health literacy?
0:52 Why is health literacy so important?
1:52 What does research say about health literacy?
2:25 Why do so many people struggle with health information?
3:14 How can we tackle this problem?

Interview recording: Berlin (Germany), 2023

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