What's up, Doc?" How behavioural science can improve health literacy and healthcare decisions

This article looks at poor health literacy and how it can be improved with behavioural science, which is aiding better comprehension among patients.

Waiting in my doctor's surgery the other day, I fell into conversation with the woman next to me. She had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes a few years ago and initially she'd been unable to manage her condition. Why? Because she hadn't understood that there was a connection between what she ate and how that would impact on her disease. She'd struggled to understand and absorb the leaflets she'd been given and, although her doctor had tried to explain the things she'd now need to do daily, the complex terminology of his explanations – the concept of glycemic control...

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