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.

MeSH information

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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
MeSH Number(s)	I02.233.332.186.500 L01.143.450.500 N02.421.726.407.229.500
Concept/Terms	Health Literacy Health Literacy Literacy, Health

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

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 Literacy [I02.233.332.186.500]
Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Communication [L01.143]
Information Literacy [L01.143.450]
Health Literacy [L01.143.450.500]
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]
Health Literacy [N02.421.726.407.229.500]

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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Health Literacy".

publications

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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.

Bar chart showing 61 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2009	1	0	1
2010	3	0	3
2011	1	2	3
2012	3	0	3
2013	7	1	8
2014	4	1	5
2015	2	0	2
2016	5	1	6
2017	5	4	9
2018	3	1	4
2019	2	2	4
2020	9	1	10
2021	3	0	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.

Patil U, Kostareva U, Hadley M, Manganello JA, Okan O, Dadaczynski K, Massey PM, Agner J, Sentell T. Health Literacy, Digital Health Literacy, and COVID-19 Pandemic Attitudes and Behaviors in U.S. College Students: Implications for Interventions. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 03 23; 18(6).

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Kostareva U, Albright CL, Berens EM, Polansky P, Kadish DE, Ivanov LL, Sentell TL. A Multilingual Integrative Review of Health Literacy in Former Soviet Union, Russian-Speaking Immigrants. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 01 14; 18(2).

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Sentell T, Foss-Durant A, Patil U, Taira D, Paasche-Orlow MK, Trinacty CM. Organizational Health Literacy: Opportunities for Patient-Centered Care in the Wake of COVID-19. Qual Manag Health Care. 2021 Jan/Mar 01; 30(1):49-60.

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França AS, Pirkle CM, Sentell T, Velez MP, Domingues MR, Bassani DG, Câmara SMA. Evaluating Health Literacy among Adolescent and Young Adult Pregnant Women from a Low-Income Area of Northeast Brazil. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 11 27; 17(23).

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Katzmarzyk PT, Martin CK, Newton RL, Apolzan JW, Arnold CL, Davis TC, Price-Haywood EG, Denstel KD, Mire EF, Thethi TK, Brantley PJ, Johnson WD, Fonseca V, Gugel J, Kennedy KB, Lavie CJ, Sarpong DF, Springgate B. Weight Loss in Underserved Patients - A Cluster-Randomized Trial. N Engl J Med. 2020 09 03; 383(10):909-918.

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Lindly O, Crossman M, Eaves M, Philpotts L, Kuhlthau K. Health Literacy and Health Outcomes Among Children With Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2020 09 01; 125(5):389-407.

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Soares GH, Santiago PHR, Michel-Crosato E, Jamieson L. The utility of network analysis in the context of Indigenous Australian oral health literacy. PLoS One. 2020; 15(6):e0233972.

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Sharma MK, Anand N, Vishwakarma A, Sahu M, Thakur PC, Mondal I, Singh P, Sj A, N S, Biswas A, R A, John N, Tapatrikar A, Murthy KD. Mental health issues mediate social media use in rumors: Implication for media based mental health literacy. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Oct; 53:102132.

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Sentell T, Vamos S, Okan O. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Health Literacy Research Around the World: More Important Than Ever in a Time of COVID-19. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 04 26; 17(9).

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Echeverri M, Anderson D, Haas JM, Johnson ME, Serrano FSA, Nápoles AM. Testing the Preliminary Validity of a Multidimensional Framework for Studying the Effects of Cancer Health Literacy on Cancer Screening Behaviors among Diverse Populations. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 04 25; 17(9).

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