 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 N02.421.143.827.407.228.500 N02.421.726.407.228.500
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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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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Press VG. Is "Research Literacy" Needed to Increase Diversity Among Participants in Research Studies? Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 02; 96(2):280-281.
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Vollbrecht H, Arora V, Otero S, Carey K, Meltzer D, Press VG. Evaluating the Need to Address Digital Literacy Among Hospitalized Patients: Cross-Sectional Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2020 06 04; 22(6):e17519.
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Rooney MK, Sachdev S, Byun J, Jagsi R, Golden DW. Readability of Patient Education Materials in Radiation Oncology-Are We Improving? Pract Radiat Oncol. 2019 Nov; 9(6):435-440.
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Polite BN, Cipriano-Steffens TM, Liao C, Miller EL, Arndt NL, Hahn EA. Investigation of a multimedia, computer-based approach to improve knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and receptivity to cancer clinical trials among newly diagnosed patients with diverse health literacy skills. Cancer. 2019 06 15; 125(12):2066-2075.
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Ginat DT, Christoforidis G. A printed information leaflet about MRI and radiologists improves neuroradiology patient health literacy. Neuroradiol J. 2018 Dec; 31(6):609-613.
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Jaffee EG, Arora VM, Matthiesen MI, Meltzer DO, Press VG. Health Literacy and Hospital Length of Stay: An Inpatient Cohort Study. J Hosp Med. 2017 12; 12(12):969-973.
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Downey VA, Zun LS. Non-compliance in the Emergency Department: Is there a difference between medical and psychiatric patient's reasons and use of the Emergency Department. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 12; 35(12):1961-1962.
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Garrett SB, Koenig CJ, Trupin L, Hlubocky FJ, Daugherty CK, Reinert A, Munster P, Dohan D. What advanced cancer patients with limited treatment options know about clinical research: a qualitative study. Support Care Cancer. 2017 10; 25(10):3235-3242.
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Melzer AC, Ghassemieh BJ, Gillespie SE, Lindenauer PK, McBurnie MA, Mularski RA, Naureckas ET, Vollmer WM, Au DH. Patient characteristics associated with poor inhaler technique among a cohort of patients with COPD. Respir Med. 2017 02; 123:124-130.
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Johnson CC, Garcia GH, Liu JN, Stepan JG, Patel RM, Dines JS. Internet resources for Tommy John injuries: what are patients reading? J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016 Dec; 25(12):e386-e393.
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