 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 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 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 | 6 | 12 | | 2021 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2025 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Barton A, Katz JR, Huerta C, Meade CD, Moore K, Nguyen-Truong C, Nies M, Lauver D. Enhancing health literacy among immigrant women. Nurs Outlook. 2026 Jan-Feb; 74(1):102658.
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Kidanemariam S, Lopez AR, Baird GL, Ward RC, Gu JZ, McMenamy J, Miles RC. Breaking the Ice: Are Online Patient Educational Materials on Breast Cryoablation Readable and Understandable? J Breast Imaging. 2025 Oct 28; 7(5):564-575.
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Doshi A, Ali AA, Egbuta C, Mandler T, Pellegrino K, Kilgallon S, Fernandez AM, Lazo T, O'Brien E, Katz J, Janosy N, Da Silva S, Fardad JT, Lashley S, Hu P, Liu H, Torres I, Garcia-Marcinkiewicz A. Navigating care: a multicentre US survey of health literacy in paediatric perioperative care. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Nov; 135(5):1249-1256.
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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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Staton E, Park S. Associations of Medicare Advantage Enrollment Duration with Health Insurance Literacy and Access to and Affordability of Health Care. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 Jan; 41(2):399-408.
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Bold E, Richardson KL, Al-Uzri A, Craven SF, Clark K, Grzesek K, Koike S, Freeman KA. Internet use and health literacy among pediatric chronic kidney disease patients and their caregivers. J Nephrol. 2024 12; 37(9):2561-2568.
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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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