Health Literacy: What Is It?
Health Literacy: What Is It?
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DOI：
10.1080/10810730.2010.499985
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
McCormack, Lauren
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作者：
Berkman, Nancy D.;Davis, Terry C.;McCormack, Lauren
健康素养的概念是从定义、重新定义和量化成年人功能素养需求的历史演变而来的。随着这些变化，人们认识到社会越来越需要复杂的识字技能，而识字率低可能会影响健康和医疗保健。我们简要介绍了美国扫盲的历史，然后讨论了健康扫盲的起源和概念化。对这一重要问题的日益关注表明有必要审查“健康素养”一词的现有定义，因为尽管人们对这一领域的兴趣日益浓厚，但仍然存在一个问题：“什么是健康素养？”。
The concept of health literacy evolved from a history of defining, redefining, and quantifying the functional literacy needs of the adult population. Along with these changes has come the recognition that sophisticated literacy skills are increasingly needed to function in society and that low literacy may have an effect on health and health care. We present a brief history of literacy in the United States, followed by a discussion of the origins and conceptualization of health literacy. Increased attention to this important issue suggests the need to review existing definitions of the term ohealth literacy,o because despite the growing interest in this field, one question that persists is, oWhat is health literacy?o.