Yes, as we've learned and as many have already commented on with their own experiences, health literacy is definitely a problem. However, I think the medical community has already conquered one of the biggest obstacles to solving this problem, which is identifying that it is a problem. After watching the stories of those ppl who compromised their health due to low health literacy, all I could think of was that I'm blessed my reading comprehension of health related materials has never put me in that situation. And, honestly, like the video said, just being college educated doesn't necessarily mean health literacy; which is something we in public health must be careful of when tailoring campaigns to this or equivalent populations.
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Another thing that I stood out for me was the definition of health literacy, which more or less is: obtaining, understanding, interpreting health related material. So, when working with unique populations, its important to not only to "dumb down" (what's a better term, I'm not sure I saw one in other blogs nor do I remember one from class) language , but make sure it is relevant to that pop.
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