health literacy

English

Etymology

Introduced in a 1975 paper by Scott K. Simonds, Professor of Health Education at the University of Michigan.

Noun

health literacy (uncountable)

1. Agility in obtaining, evaluating, and applying health information.

Derived terms

• health-literate
• mental health literacy

Translations

agility to find, assess and apply health information

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: terveysosaaminen
• German: Gesundheitskompetenz f
• Swedish: hälsolitteracitet c

See also

• data literacy
• food literacy
• sexual literacy
• scientific literacy
• physical literacy