Comics for Health Literacy

All of the comics included in this anthology aim to influence how people make decisions that affect their health and the health of the community, whether that’s through visually demonstrating health behaviors, or enhancing people’s understanding of a complex health issue, or expanding what people consider a public health concern. When comics provoke the reader to contemplate, critically evaluate, or even recognize a public health issue, they work in the service of health literacy. Advancing health literacy is challenging and complex. Health information is often technical, complicated, and laden with jargon. The impenetrability of some health recommendations can discourage even