"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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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Lincoln AK, Eyllon M, Prener C, Garverich S, Griffith J, Adams W, Arford T, Rosenfeld L, Nykiel S, Johnson P, Guyer M, Leung YJ, Paasche-Orlow M. Prevalence and Predictors of Limited Literacy in Public Mental Health Care. Community Ment Health J. 2021 08; 57(6):1175-1186.
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Merchant RC, Marks SJ, Clark MA, Carey MP, Liu T. Limited Ability of Three Health Literacy Screening Items to Identify Adult English- and Spanish-Speaking Emergency Department Patients With Lower Health Literacy. Ann Emerg Med. 2020 06; 75(6):691-703.
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Merchant RC, Liu T, Clark MA, Carey MP. Facilitating HIV/AIDS and HIV testing literacy for emergency department patients: a randomized, controlled, trial. BMC Emerg Med. 2018 07 09; 18(1):21.
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Anderson ML, Riker T, Gagne K, Hakulin S, Higgins T, Meehan J, Stout E, Pici-D'Ottavio E, Cappetta K, Wolf Craig KS. Deaf Qualitative Health Research: Leveraging Technology to Conduct Linguistically and Sociopolitically Appropriate Methods of Inquiry. Qual Health Res. 2018 09; 28(11):1813-1824.
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Alberti TL, Morris NJ. Health literacy in the urgent care setting: What factors impact consumer comprehension of health information? J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2017 May; 29(5):242-247.
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Nolte S, Osborne RH, Dwinger S, Elsworth GR, Conrad ML, Rose M, H?rter M, Dirmaier J, Zill JM. German translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ). PLoS One. 2017; 12(2):e0172340.
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Shao W, Guan W, Clark MA, Liu T, Santelices C, Cortes DE, Merchant RC. Does a Video Improve Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and HIV Testing among a Global Internet Audience? J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2016 09; 15(5):392-9.
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Madsen TE, Baird KA, Silver B, Gjelsvik A. Analysis of Gender Differences in Knowledge of Stroke Warning Signs. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Jul; 24(7):1540-7.
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Gardiner P, Sadikova E, Filippelli AC, Mitchell S, White LF, Saper R, Kaptchuk TJ, Jack BW, Fredman L. Stress Management and Relaxation Techniques use among underserved inpatients in an inner city hospital. Complement Ther Med. 2015 Jun; 23(3):405-12.
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Merchant RC, Clark MA, Santelices CA, Liu T, Cort?s DE. Efficacy of an HIV/AIDS and HIV testing video for Spanish-speaking Latinos in healthcare and non-healthcare settings. AIDS Behav. 2015 Mar; 19(3):523-35.