Consumer Health Information

"Consumer Health Information" 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.

MeSH information

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Information intended for potential users of medical and healthcare services. There is an emphasis on self-care and preventive approaches as well as information for community-wide dissemination and use.

Descriptor ID	D054626
MeSH Number(s)	I02.233.332.186 N02.421.726.407.229
Concept/Terms	Consumer Health Information Consumer Health Information Information, Consumer Health Health Information, Consumer

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Consumer Health Information".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Education [I02]
Education, Nonprofessional [I02.233]
Health Education [I02.233.332]
Consumer Health Information [I02.233.332.186]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Preventive Health Services [N02.421.726]
Health Education [N02.421.726.407]
Consumer Health Information [N02.421.726.407.229]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Consumer Health Information".

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Consumer Health Information
Health Literacy

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Bar chart showing 24 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2008	1	0	1
2009	2	2	4
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	1	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	2	0	2
2016	2	0	2
2017	0	1	1
2018	1	1	2
2020	2	0	2
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2025	1	0	1
2026	1	0	1

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Carere O, Clarfield L, Brennan L, Critchley HOD, Desilets J, Diamond L, Hirota Y, Kumar K, Maheux-Lacroix S, Matteson KA, Monteiro I, Munro MG, Silverberg O, Uppal MT, Warshafsky C, Murji A. Appraisal of international, patient-facing resources on heavy menstrual bleeding. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2026 Aug; 174(2):521-529.

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Murray AB, Trivedi N, Jensen RE, Willis G, Moser RP, Blake KD. Validation of a Cancer-Focused Information Seeking Experience (ISEE) Scale. J Health Commun. 2025; 30(1-3):51-59.

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Beauharnais CC, Aulet T, Rodriguez-Silva J, Konen J, Sturrock PR, Alavi K, Maykel JA, Davids JS. Assessing the Quality of Online Health Information and Trend Data for Colorectal Malignancies. J Surg Res. 2023 03; 283:923-928.

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Maheshwari D, Kunycky C, Jia X, Tangada A, Leung K, Solomon ER. Patient-Focused Websites Related to Postpartum Pelvic Floor Health: A DISCERN Quality Analysis. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2022 04 01; 28(4):240-243.

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Para A, Thelmo F, Rynecki ND, Zelman B, Gupta R, Coban D, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Ippolito JA, Agarwal N, Moore JM, Beebe KS. Evaluating the Readability of Online Patient Education Materials Related to Orthopedic Oncology. Orthopedics. 2021 Jan 01; 44(1):38-42.

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Kamath P, Zheng R, Narasimman M, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Hansberry D, Agarwal N, Koch E. Evaluation of online patient education materials concerning skin cancers. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jan; 84(1):190-191.

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Waring ME, McManus DD, Amante DJ, Darling CE, Kiefe CI. Online health information seeking by adults hospitalized for acute coronary syndromes: Who looks for information, and who discusses it with healthcare providers? Patient Educ Couns. 2018 11; 101(11):1973-1981.

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Hargraves JL, Bonollo D, Person SD, Ferguson WJ. A randomized controlled trial of community health workers using patient stories to support hypertension management: Study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 06; 69:76-82.

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Maitland A, Lin A, Cantor D, Jones M, Moser RP, Hesse BW, Davis T, Blake KD. A Nonresponse Bias Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). J Health Commun. 2017 07; 22(7):545-553.

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Storino A, Castillo-Angeles M, Watkins AA, Vargas C, Mancias JD, Bullock A, Demirjian A, Moser AJ, Kent TS. Assessing the Accuracy and Readability of Online Health Information for Patients With Pancreatic Cancer. JAMA Surg. 2016 09 01; 151(9):831-7.

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