"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Shah YB, Ghosh A, Hochberg A, Mark JR, Lallas CD, Shah MS. Artificial intelligence improves urologic oncology patient education and counseling. Can J Urol. 2024 Oct; 31(5):12013-12018.
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Hoadley A, Fleisher L, Kenny C, Kelly PJ, Ma X, Wu J, Guerra C, Leader AE, Alhajji M, D'Avanzo P, Landau Z, Bass SB. Exploring Racial Disparities in Awareness and Perceptions of Oncology Clinical Trials: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Data From the mychoice Study. JMIR Cancer. 2024 Sep 30; 10:e56048.
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Pohl NB, Derector E, Rivlin M, Bachoura A, Tosti R, Kachooei AR, Beredjiklian PK, Fletcher DJ. A quality and readability comparison of artificial intelligence and popular health website education materials for common hand surgery procedures. Hand Surg Rehabil. 2024 Jun; 43(3):101723.
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Zeatoun A, Makutonin M, Farquhar D, Berk GA, Chaskes M, Kong KA, Thorp BD, Senior BA, Kimple AJ, Ebert CS. Relationship between health literacy and disease-specific quality of life in patients with sinonasal disease. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023 03; 13(3):277-280.
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Okatch H, Pitts E, Ritchey E, Givler K, Kuon M. Readability levels and thematic content analysis of online and printed lead poisoning informational materials. BMC Public Health. 2021 10 17; 21(1):1874.
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Tsiros MD, Vincent HK, Getchell N, Shultz SP. Helping Children with Obesity "Move Well" To Move More: An Applied Clinical Review. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Jul 01; 20(7):374-383.
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Barbarite E, Shaye D, Oyer S, Lee LN. Quality Assessment of Online Patient Information for Cosmetic Botulinum Toxin. Aesthet Surg J. 2020 10 24; 40(11):NP636-NP642.
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Greenberg KL, Leiter E, Donchin M, Agbaria N, Karjawally M, Zwas DR. Cardiovascular health literacy and patient-physician communication intervention in women from disadvantaged communities. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2019 11; 26(16):1762-1770.
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Ladd IG, Gogoi RP, Bogaczyk TL, Larson SL. Cervical Cancer Patients' Willingness and Ability to Serve as Health Care Educators to Advocate for Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Uptake. J Cancer Educ. 2019 06; 34(3):608-613.
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Bababekov YJ, Hung YC, Rickert CG, Njoku FC, Cao B, Adler JT, Brega AG, Pomposelli JJ, Chang DC, Yeh H. Health Literacy Burden Is Associated With Access to Liver Transplantation. Transplantation. 2019 03; 103(3):522-528.