 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 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2011 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2013 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2014 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2016 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2019 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2020 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2021 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Boyd AD, Henderson A, Uddin A, Amiri S, MacLehose RF, Manson SM, Buchwald D. Communication about COVID-19 with urban American Indian and Alaska Native peoples: the role of health literacy, trust, and information source. J Public Health (Oxf). 2025 Aug 29; 47(3):460-468.
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Alshabani N, Price K, Kennedy H, Haws JK, Kimball SL. A Qualitative Study to Understanding Barriers to PTSD Treatment for Immigrants and Refugees in Primary Care. J Immigr Minor Health. 2025 Oct; 27(5):877-881.
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Bheemireddy S, Leslie SE, Durden JA, Burnet G, Aryanpour Z, Fong A, Higgins MG, Greenseid S, McLemore L, Li G, Miles R, Taft N, Tevis S. The Use of ChatGPT-4.0 to Simplify Breast Pathology Reports: A Study on Readability and Accuracy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Oct; 32(11):8400-8408.
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O'Brien E, Ludwigson A, Vemuru S, Higgins M, Hampanda K, Adams M, Wolverton D, Sams S, Taft N, Miles R, Lin CT, Cumbler E, Tevis S. Interpretation of immediately released health information: Informing patient medical education in breast oncology. Am J Surg. 2025 Jan; 239:115853.
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Shore S, Harrod M, Vitous A, Silveira MJ, McIlvennan CK, Cascino TM, Langa KM, Ho PM, Nallamothu BK. Prognosis Communication in Heart Failure: Experiences and Preferences of End-Stage Heart Failure Patients and Care Partners. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 Jun; 17(6):e010662.
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Gu JZ, Baird GL, Escamilla Guevara A, Sohn YJ, Lydston M, Doyle C, Tevis SEA, Miles RC. A systematic review and meta-analysis of English language online patient education materials in breast cancer: Is readability the only story? Breast. 2024 Jun; 75:103722.
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Ekhteraei S, Vanderburg JL, Dukpa C, Giri P, Bhattarai S, Thapa A, Shrestha C, Gaynes BN, Lamb MM, Matergia M, Cruz CM. Short Research Article: RESEED - the perceived impact of an enhanced usual care model of a novel, teacher-led, task-shifting initiative for child mental health. Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2024 02; 29(1):113-118.
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Thorpe A, Zhong L, Scherer LD, Drews FA, Shoemaker H, Fagerlin A. Demographic, structural, and psychological predictors of risk-increasing and mask wearing behaviors among US adults between December 2020-March 2021. Patient Educ Couns. 2023 09; 114:107792.
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Schmiege SJ, Jiang L, Albino J, Johnson RL, Wilson AR, Brega AG. Patterns of Change in Parental Health Literacy in Relation to Children's Oral Health. Health Lit Res Pract. 2023 04; 7(2):e89-e98.
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Ho CH, Denton AH, Blackstone SR, Saif N, MacIntyre K, Ozkaynak M, Valdez RS, Hauck FR. Access to Healthcare Among US Adult Refugees: A Systematic Qualitative Review. J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Dec; 25(6):1426-1462.
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