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GLOSSARY

The Health Literacy Glossary provides an overview of translations used to translate 'health literacy' from English into other languages. Interestingly, the translations differ slightly in their interpretation of the exact meaning of health literacy. However, most of them focus on health literacy as a skill, a competency or a capacity to act on information and knowledge. Importantly, health literacy represents the ability to act, hence translations representing health information, health knowledge or health education, would not be regarded a valid translation. 

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Arabic

محو الأمية الصحية

Africaans

Gesondheidsvaardigheid

Albanian

Shkathtësia shëndetësore; Kompetencat shëndetësore;

Amharic

ጤናን ማንበብና መጻፍ

Azerbaijanian

Sağlamlıq savadlılığı

Bosnian

Zdravstvena pismenost

Bulgarian

здравна грамотност

Chinese

健康素養; 健康素养

Croatian

Zdravstvena pismenost

Czech

Zdravotní gramotnosti

Danish

Sundhedskompetence, health literacy

Dutch

Gezondheidsvaardigheden; Gezondheidskompetenz; Gezondheidsgeletterdheid

Esperanto

Sano alfabetigo

Estonian

Tervishoiualase harituse; Tervisealane kirjaoskus

German

Gesundheitskompetenz

Greek

γνώσεων για την υγεία

French

Littératie en santé; Connaissances en matiere de santé;

Hebrew

אוריינות בריאותית ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬; בריאות אוריינות

Hungarian

Egészségismerek; Egészségügyismeretek

Italian

Alfabetazzazione sanitaria

Irish

Litearthacht sláinte

Japanese

健康リテラシー

Latvian

Veselības izglītības jomā; Veselības mācība

Lithuanian

Sveikatos raštingumas

Macedonian

здравствена писменост

Maltese

Litteriżmu saħħa; l-għarfien dwar is-saħħa; health literacy

Norweigan

Helsekundskab

Polish

Umiejętność zdrowie; Kompetencje zdrowotne; świadomości zdrowotnej

Portuguese

Literacia em saúde; Literacia para saúde

Romanian

Cunoştinţele în materie de sănătate

Russian

санитарной грамотности

Slovakian

Zdravotnej gramotnosti;

Slovenian

Zdravstveno pismenost

Spanish

Alfabetización en salud

Swedish

Hälsolitteracitet

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