Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

health literacy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: health lit-er-a-cy
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Agility in obtaining, evaluating, and applying health information.

Uncountable

Etymology

Introduced in a 1975 paper by Scott K. Simonds, Professor of Health Education at the University of Michigan.

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

health-literate mental health literacy data literacy food literacy sexual literacy scientific literacy physical literacy

Frequently Paired Words

data literacy food literacy sexual literacy scientific literacy physical literacy

Questions

What does health literacy mean?: Agility in obtaining, evaluating, and applying health information.
Where does health literacy come from?: Introduced in a 1975 paper by Scott K. Simonds, Professor of Health Education at the University of Michigan.

How to pronounce health literacy

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