Health skills: Beyond the biomedical
How knowledge, skills and attributes improve the effectiveness of health results and health literacy
Dealing effectively with human relationships (Moscovici, 1981), through adaptation to situational needs and demands (Wiemann, 1977, p. 17). This is a permanent challenge, above all, and nowadays, and particularly in the health area, it requires a herculean effort from health professionals.
In this context, competence is an important factor in the way individuals help to shape the world and not just how they deal with it (OECD, 2005, p. 5).
And in the health area, it is the competencies that allow the effectiveness of health results.
