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








Croatian
Zdravstvena pismenost




Esperanto
Sano alfabetigo




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


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