Study title

Low health literacy is associated with poor health outcomes and poor use of health services. This research aims to enable people in low-income countries to make informed healthcare choices by improving their ability to obtain, process and understand healt h information. The aim of this project was to enable people in low-income countries to make informed health choices by improving their ability to recognise trustworthy and untrustworthy claims, and to use trustworthy information to inform their decisions. The project focused on two strategies to do this: teaching 10 to 12-year-old children how to assess claims about the effects of treatments and a podcast targeted at their parents. “Treatments” include any action intended to improve the health or wellbeing of individuals or communities.