The following Chapters are the recipients of the ACP Foundation Health Literacy Awards Program for ACP Chapters:
| 1. | Delaware ACP Chapter — Your Medicine Has Two Names |
| Delaware ACP Chapter Governor and Primary Investigator — John H. O'Neill, Jr., DO, FACP | |
| 2. | Colorado ACP Chapter — A Medical Home-Based Low Literacy Tool to Improve Informed Decision-Making in Prostate Cancer Screening |
| Colorado ACP Chapter Governor — Frederic B. Walker, IV, MD, FACP | |
| Primary Investigator — Thomas Denberg, MD, PhD, FACP | |
| 3. | Northern Illinois ACP Chapter — The Chicago BREATHE Project |
| Northern Illinois ACP Chapter Governor — James J. Foody, MD, FACP | |
| Primary Investigator — Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP, FACP | |
| 4. | Arizona ACP Chapter — Enhancing Patient-Physician Communication |
| Arizona ACP Chapter Governor and Primary Investigator — Ana María López, MD, MPH, FACP | |
Click here to learn more about the ACP Foundation programs.
Health literacy, according to the Institute of Medicine, is defined as "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions." Nearly half of all American adults, 90 million people, have difficulty understanding and acting upon health information (Institute of Medicine: A Prescription to End Confusion). Many of these people include recent immigrants, non-English speaking adults, the poor, and the elderly.