October is Health Literacy Month. This is the 11^th year that advocates everywhere are raising awareness about health literacy and ways to improve understanding. This year, we decided to focus on stories – stories about why health literacy matters to healthcare providers, policy makers, researchers, educators, students, patients, families, and all others who care about health.

In this special edition podcast, you will hear six people share their stories about why health literacy matters. I recorded this podcast in May when I was giving a workshop at the Institute for Healthcare Advancement’s (or IHA) 8^th Annual Health Literacy Conference.

This is the second of two Health Literacy Month podcasts. In this one, you will hear from:

• Arthur Culbert, Health Literacy Missouri Foundation
• Stacy Bailey, Northwestern University
• Mary Ann Abrams MD, Iowa Health System
• Roberta Dickman, Advocate Healthcare Lutheran General
• Gloria Mayer, Institute for Healthcare Advancement (IHA)

More ways to learn:

• Health Literacy Month website. Thanks to a team of remarkable volunteers and amazing authors, each day in October there are one or more health literacy stories posted at www.healthliteracymonth.org.
• Health Literacy Out Loud. Hear interviews with those in-the-know about health literacy by going to www.healthliteracymonth.org
• Health Literacy Consulting. Find out more about Helen Osborne’s work and background by going to www.healthliteracy.com
• Institute for Healthcare Advancement. Find out about this organization and its upcoming health literacy conference by going to www.iha4health.org

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