Health proficiency: the personal knowledge and competence that accumulate through daily activities, social interactions and across generations; mediated by the organizational structures and availability of resources that enable people to access, understand, appraise and use information and services in ways that promote and maintain good health and well-being for themselves and those around them.

Source: WHO framework for meaningful engagement of people living with noncommunicable diseases, and mental health and neurological conditions. Internet. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240073074 Accessed on May 15, 2024.