Hello Karen,

Can we find this glossary in french. By the way I can not access the
glossary using this link.

Thank you

Marie-José Potvin



>You can get the Health Promotion Glossary on-line at:
>
>http://whqlibdoc.who.ch/hq/1998/WHO_HPR_HEP_98.1.pdf
>
>Below is the citation from a search of WHO publications:
>
>Class mark:  WA 13 98HE
>Title:  Health promotion glossary
>Publication info:  Geneva World Health Organization 1998
>Physical description:  24p.
>Type of material:  WHO document
>Holdings note:  ONLINE; RF.HQ
>Document no.:  WHO/HPR/HEP/98.1
>Language version:  eng
>Broad subject:  Education for Health
>Subject:  Health promotion terminology dictionaries
>Corporate author:  World Health Organization Division of Health Promotion,
>Education, and Communication
>Electronic access:  http://whqlibdoc.who.ch/hq/1998/WHO_HPR_HEP_98.1.pdf
>
>Regards,
>Karen Serwonka
>
>>From: Tasha Beauchamp <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: Health Promotion on the Internet <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Health literacy
>>Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:50:48 -0800
>>
>>This is great, Alana. Do you (or anyone else) have a full
>>citation for the Glossary?
>>
>>Tasha Beauchamp
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:23:22 -0700
>>  Alana LaPerle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>  The WHO Health Promotion Glossary (1998) defines health
>>>  literacy this way:
>>>
>>>  Health literacy represents the cognitive and social
>>>  skills which determine
>>>  the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access
>>>  to, understand and
>>>  use information in ways which promote and maintain good
>>>  health.
>>>
>>>  Health literacy implies the achievement of a level of
>>>  knowledge, personal
>>>  skills and confidence to take action to improve personal
>>>  and community
>>>  health by changing personal lifestyles and living
>>>  conditions. Thus, health
>>>  literacy means more than being able to read pamphlets and
>>>  make appointments.
>>>  By improving people's access to health information, and
>>>  their capacity to
>>>  use it effectively, health literacy is critical to
>>>  empowerment. Health
>>>  literacy is itself dependent upon more general levels of
>>>  literacy. Poor
>>>  literacy can affect people's health directly by limiting
>>>  their personal,
>>>  social and cultural development, as well as hindering the
>>>  development of
>>>  health literacy.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Alana
>
>
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