 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 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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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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Simkiss NJ, Gray NS, Malone G, Kemp A, Snowden RJ. Improving mental health literacy in year 9 high school children across Wales: a protocol for a randomised control treatment trial (RCT) of a mental health literacy programme across an entire country. BMC Public Health. 2020 May 19; 20(1):727.
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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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Milkowska-Shibata MA, Aye TT, Yi SM, Oo KT, Khaing K, Than M, Win T, Myo SY, Toe SY, West HS, Ringstad KM, Galarza L, Meng C, Shibata T. Understanding Barriers and Facilitators of Maternal Health Care Utilization in Central Myanmar. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 02 25; 17(5).
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DeCamp LR, Godage SK, Valenzuela Araujo D, Dominguez Cortez J, Wu L, Psoter KJ, Quintanilla K, Rivera RodrÃguez T, Polk S. A Texting Intervention in Latino Families to Reduce ED Use: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2020 01; 145(1).
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O'Conor R, Hebert-Beirne J, Kwasny M, Eldeirawi K, Hasnain-Wynia R, Wisnivesky J, Wolf M, Federman A. Structural and functional support among US older adults with asthma: cross-Sectional associations with medication adherence. BMJ Open. 2019 08 27; 9(8):e027430.
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Tercyak KP, Bronheim SM, Kahn N, Robertson HA, Anthony BJ, Mays D, O'Neill SC, Peterson SK, Miesfeldt S, Peshkin BN, DeMarco TA. Cancer genetic health communication in families tested for hereditary breast/ovarian cancer risk: a qualitative investigation of impact on children's genetic health literacy and psychosocial adjustment. Transl Behav Med. 2019 05 16; 9(3):493-503.
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Hirsh J, Wood P, Keniston A, Peng M, Ramaswami S, Caplan L, Davis L. Limited Health Literacy and Patient Confusion About Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Global Assessments and Model Disease States. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 05; 71(5):611-619.
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Yee MEM, Meyer EK, Fasano RM, Lane PA, Josephson CD, Brega AG. Health literacy and knowledge of chronic transfusion therapy in adolescents with sickle cell disease and caregivers. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 07; 66(7):e27733.
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