 Health Literacy
"Health Literacy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
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D057220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.233.332.186.500 L01.143.450.500 N02.421.726.407.229.500
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Health Literacy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Health Literacy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Literacy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2013 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2014 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2016 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2019 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2020 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Brega AG, Johnson RL, Schmiege SJ, Wilson AR, Jiang L, Albino J. Pathways Through Which Health Literacy Is Linked to Parental Oral Health Behavior in an American Indian Tribe. Ann Behav Med. 2021 10 27; 55(11):1144-1155.
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Brega AG, Johnson RL, Jiang L, Wilson AR, Schmiege SJ, Albino J. Influence of Parental Health Literacy on Change over Time in the Oral Health of American Indian Children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 05 25; 18(11).
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Gore MO, Estacio RO, Dale R, Coronel-Mockler S, Krantz MJ. Cardiovascular Risk Factor Knowledge among Monolingual Hispanics. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2021; 32(2):688-699.
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Coats H, Shive N, Doorenbos AZ, Schmiege SJ. Integration of Person-Centered Narratives Into the Electronic Health Record: Study Protocol. Nurs Res. 2020 Nov/Dec; 69(6):483-489.
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Scherer LD, Pennycook G. Who Is Susceptible to Online Health Misinformation? Am J Public Health. 2020 10; 110(S3):S276-S277.
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Carvajal Bedoya G, Davis LA, Hirsh JM. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatology Patients With Limited English Proficiency and Limited Health Literacy. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 10; 72 Suppl 10:738-749.
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Langford AT, Hawley ST, Stableford S, Studts JL, Byrne MM. Development of a Plain Language Decision Support Tool for Cancer Clinical Trials: Blending Health Literacy, Academic Research, and Minority Patient Perspectives. J Cancer Educ. 2020 06; 35(3):454-461.
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Shaker MS, Mosnaim G, Oppenheimer J, Stukus D, Abrams EM, Greenhawt M. Health and Economic Outcomes of Home Maintenance Allergen Immunotherapy in Select Patients with High Health Literacy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis During Exceptional Times. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jul - Aug; 8(7):2310-2321.e4.
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Brega AG, Jiang L, Johnson RL, Wilson AR, Schmiege SJ, Albino J. Health Literacy and Parental Oral Health Knowledge, Beliefs, Behavior, and Status Among Parents of American Indian Newborns. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 08; 7(4):598-608.
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Lynn C, Quast L, Rogers H, Effinger K, Gilleland-Marchak J. Systematic Review of Health Literacy in Childhood Cancer Patients, Survivors, and Their Caregivers. J Pediatr Psychol. 2020 05 01; 45(4):373-385.
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