"Health Literacy in the 21st Century: Setting an Education Agenda” was a symposium held in Washington, D.C., in January 2009, which began an important dialogue among essential educational organizations about how best to prepare young people to make personally appropriate decisions related to health and health care. Convened by the National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN) and the United Health Foundation, the symposium helped illuminate the challenges and opportunities the nation faces in creating health-literate consumers, today and in the future.
MMS Education wrote and designed the symposium proceedings, which helped to frame the issues, provide important background information, and share the themes and consensus points that emerged.