The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a Health Literacy Action Plan. This is a blueprint for efforts to improve health literacy across all sectors involved in health information and services. The plan outlines three primary goals.
Goal 1: Develop and Share Health and Safety Information That Is Accurate, Accessible, and Actionable. In our information-rich world, the CDC is committed to providing information that is accessible, accurate, and actionable.
Goal 2: Integrate Clear Communication and Health Literacy into Public Health Planning, Funding, Policy Development, Research, and Evaluation. The CDC acknowledges that they are a key source of public health information, and they are committed to organizational health literacy through funding, policy development, research, evaluation, interaction with grantees, funded partners, and key decision makers.
Goal 3: Incorporate Accurate, Standards-Based, and Developmentally Appropriate Health and Science Information and Curricula in Educational Settings from Preschool through University Levels. The CDC has developed two strategies to help ensure children and adolescents develop health literacy skills through health and education professionals.