From: Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models
Competence / skills / abilities | Action | Information | Objective | Context | Time |
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Skills Possession of requisite skills/Constellation of skills/Wide range of skills Cognitive skills Social skills Personal skills The ability The capacity The knowledge The competencies Motivation Comprehension Communication | To gain access To understand To use To perform basic reading and numerical tasks To obtain To process To seek out To comprehend To evaluate To read To filter To find To appraise To communicate To interpret To identify To perform arithmetic operations To embrace or disregard actions To derive meaning To act To make sound decisions/to make health-related decisions To take responsibility To pertain interactions To attain capacity, comprehension and communication | Information Health information Information relating to health Basic health information Health-related print-material Information presented in graphical form Health information in written, spoken or digital form Different forms of communication Concepts Services | Promote and maintain good health To function in the health care environment To make appropriate health decisions A critical empowerment strategy to increase people's control over their health To make informed choices Reduce health risks Increase quality of life To form sound judgments To engage in demands of different health contexts To promote health To enhance health To improve health To make appropriate health and care decisions To accomplish health-related objectives To make public health decisions that benefit the community | Variety of settings The health care environment Different health contexts Health care setting Health related contexts The everyday life at home, in the community, at the workplace, within the healthcare system, at the market place and within the political arena HL always related to the context of the specific tasks needed to be accomplished | Across the life course Evolves over lifetime |