 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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Stadler WM, Hlubocky FJ, Hathaway F. Knowledge and distress in complex cancer care. Cancer. 2022 04 01; 128(7):1359-1360.
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Kostick KM, Trejo M, Bhimaraj A, Civitello A, Grinstein J, Horstmanshof D, Jorde UP, Loebe M, Mehra MR, Sulemanjee NZ, Thohan V, Trachtenberg BH, Uriel N, Volk RJ, Estep JD, Blumenthal-Barby JS. A principal components analysis of factors associated with successful implementation of an LVAD decision support tool. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2021 03 20; 21(1):106.
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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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Lemke AA, Amendola LM, Thompson J, Dunnenberger HM, Kuchta K, Wang C, Dilzell-Yu K, Hulick PJ. Patient-Reported Outcomes and Experiences with Population Genetic Testing Offered Through a Primary Care Network. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2021 Feb; 25(2):152-160.
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Vollbrecht H, Arora VM, Otero S, Carey KA, Meltzer DO, Press VG. Measuring eHealth Literacy in Urban Hospitalized Patients: Implications for the Post-COVID World. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 01; 36(1):251-253.
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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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King A, Lopez FY, Lissanu L, Robinson E, Almazan E, Metoyer G, Tanumihardjo J, Quinn M, Peek M, Saunders M. Renal Replacement Knowledge and Preferences for African Americans With Chronic Kidney Disease. J Ren Care. 2020 Sep; 46(3):151-160.
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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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