# health literacy

> degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions

**Wikidata**: [Q3097973](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3097973)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_literacy)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/health-literacy


## References

1. [The What, Why, and How of Health Literacy. 2023](https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/learn/Understanding.html)
2. [Health Literacy - MeSH - NCBI](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/?term=health+literacy)
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. YSO-Wikidata mapping project
5. UMLS 2023
6. Quora
7. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)