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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