health literacy

English

Etymology

Introduced in a 1975 paper by Scott K. Simonds, Professor of Health Education at the University of Michigan.[1]

Noun

health literacy (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

  • health-literate
  • mental health literacy

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References

  1. Simonds, Scott K. (1974) “Health education as social policy”, in Health Education & Behavior, volume 2, →DOI, page 9 of 1–10
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