Kristine Sørensen|Helmut Brand
Health literacy lost in translations? Introducing the European Health Literacy Glossary
Maastricht University|Maastricht University
health literacy gained momentum western world yet europe concept health literacy marginally integrated research policy practice present paper presents translation may act influential factor regard integration health literacy notion europe study compared five data sources provide translations health literacy european unions health strategy translations applied european health literacy project national health expert opinions google translate comparison integrated peter fawcetts translation techniques framework analysis results showed total 28 translations 22 european union health strategy 6 hlseu project 17 experts 25 google translate countries consistent translations health literacy countries diverge reasons health literacy yet mainstreamed translations primarily driven latent polarized discourse concept literacy study showed translations general reveals enriched insights cohesion health literacy one notion provides european health literacy glossary inform health professionals academia decisionmakers advance health literacy across europe