Health Literacy

The term “health literacy” was used for the first time in 1974 at a conference on health education and social policy; its definition has evolved over time to encompass both the patient’s understanding and their ability to process and interpret the health information they receive. The WHO defines hea...

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description The term “health literacy” was used for the first time in 1974 at a conference on health education and social policy; its definition has evolved over time to encompass both the patient’s understanding and their ability to process and interpret the health information they receive. The WHO defines health literacy as “the social and cognitive skills that determine the level of motivation and the ability of a person to access, understand and use information in a way that allows them to promote and maintain good health”. Literacy in health not only means that the person understands the information that the health professional gives them or that comes to them but also implies that they know how to identify accurate and appropriate information, how to interpret and judge this information, and are able to apply it according to individual circumstances and needs.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1132032024-03-31T13:09:33Z Health Literacy Miguel Rios-González, Carlos chronic diseases ehealth mhealth organ donation decentralization health communication thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine::MBNH Personal and public health / health education::MBNH9 Health psychology The term “health literacy” was used for the first time in 1974 at a conference on health education and social policy; its definition has evolved over time to encompass both the patient’s understanding and their ability to process and interpret the health information they receive. The WHO defines health literacy as “the social and cognitive skills that determine the level of motivation and the ability of a person to access, understand and use information in a way that allows them to promote and maintain good health”. Literacy in health not only means that the person understands the information that the health professional gives them or that comes to them but also implies that they know how to identify accurate and appropriate information, how to interpret and judge this information, and are able to apply it according to individual circumstances and needs. 2023-09-05T15:47:20Z 2023-09-05T15:47:20Z 2023 book ONIX_20230905_9781803563091_4 9781803563091 9781803563084 9781803563107 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/113203 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books/11880 https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/11880/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.102241 10.5772/intechopen.102241 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781803563091 9781803563084 9781803563107 IntechOpen 102 open access
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Health Literacy
title Health Literacy
title_full Health Literacy
title_fullStr Health Literacy
title_full_unstemmed Health Literacy
title_short Health Literacy
title_sort health literacy
topic chronic diseases
ehealth
mhealth
organ donation
decentralization
health communication
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine::MBNH Personal and public health / health education::MBNH9 Health psychology
topic_facet chronic diseases
ehealth
mhealth
organ donation
decentralization
health communication
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine::MBNH Personal and public health / health education::MBNH9 Health psychology
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