نمونه ترجمه تخصصی بهداشت عمومی درباره سواد سلامت

health literacy

The term was first introduced in 1974 in an educational panel about health education. Since then, different definitions have been proposed. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health literacy as one’s capacity to receive, interpret, and perceive primary information and health services that are needed to make proper decisions in health fields. Health literacy, in the same spirit, refers to cognitive and social skills that determine motivation and capability of individuals to achieve, perceive, and utilize information in a way that leads to improvement and preservation of their health. It is a set of reading, listening, analyzing, and decision making skills and ability to use such skills in health related situations, which is not necessarily related to education level. The latest definition of the concept is read “the level at which individuals and groups of people can assess the information needed to make decision in public health arena and take action based on the decision in a way that is in favor of the society.” The WHO recognizes health literacy as one of the most important factors in determining the extent of improvement of the different aspects of public health and all countries are recommended to establish an association of all the stakeholders to monitor and coordinate strategic activities toward improvement of health literacy in different communities. Low health literacy causes delay in diagnosis of diseases, increases the demand for emergency services, increases hospitalization term, decreases drug follow up term, decreases the capacity to manage chronic diseases, and increases prevalence of different diseases. Studies have shown that low health literacy have affected a large group of people in different countries. A study in Europe showed that one out of two European citizens lacked adequate health literacy. A study in Iran showed that 46% of people suffered low health literacy. For instance, a study in 2017 in five provinces in Iran showed that 56% of the participants had a low level of health literacy.