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health literacy en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (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)