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Statewide Summit Calls Attention to the Need for Health Literacy

By Dan Modlin

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Bowling Green, KY – Educators, government officials, and Health professionals have been meeting in Bowling Green to discuss ways to address the lack of health literacy in Kentucky and across the nation. Organizers of the event estimate that ninety million Americans lack a basic understanding of health terminology. The issue is drawing increasing concern in the Commonwealth. Dan Modlin has this report....