health literacy en · NOUN
Etymology
Introduced in a 1975 paper by Scott K. Simonds, Professor of Health Education at the University of Michigan.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Agility in obtaining, evaluating, and applying health information.
Deriveds
mental health literacy · health-literate
Relateds
food literacy · data literacy · sexual literacy · physical literacy · scientific literacy
Translations (5)
sv hälsolitteracitet (agility to find, assess and apply health information) · fi terveysosaaminen (agility to find, assess and apply health information) · de Gesundheitskompetenz (agility to find, assess and apply health information) · cmn 健康識讀能力 /健康识读能力 (agility to find, assess and apply health information) · cmn 健康素養 /健康素养 (agility to find, assess and apply health information)