"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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| Concept/Terms |
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Sentell T, Roman M, Saiki K, Abrams MA, Jones A, Melendez K, Chevrolet J, Riggle A, Szollosy E, Buchthal OV. Building Community Health Literacy With a Social Network Perspective. Health Lit Res Pract. 2025 Jul; 9(3):e78-e82.
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Williams SA, Lin SF, Jaime S, Carlson B, Keckler M. Examining Health Literacy and Appropriateness of Commercially Developed Patient Education Materials for Adults Living With Diabetes on the U.S./Mexico Border. Clin Nurs Res. 2025 Jun; 34(5):215-222.
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Leblanc NM, Muheriwa-Matemba SR, St Vil N, Alcena-Stiner D, Bond KT, Glazier A, Rosario-McCabe L, Lambert F, Smith M. Couple-centered HIV prevention and care: Endorsement, practice and uncertainty among us healthcare providers in western-central upstate New York. PLoS One. 2025; 20(2):e0299185.
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Gould DA, Lubin RE, McGrew SJ, Smit T, Vujanovic AA, Otto MW, Zvolensky MJ. The Role of Functional Health Literacy in Terms of Hazardous Alcohol Use in Adults with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder. J Dual Diagn. 2025 Jan-Mar; 21(1):49-55.
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Yerram P, Edwards D, Norris KC, Molony D, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Landry DL. Practicing health equity in kidney care by establishing improved access to timely disease management and kidney replacement therapy options: from providers to patients. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2025 Jan 01; 34(1):48-54.
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Lindly OJ, Wahl T, Stotts NM, Kirby BR, Asantewaa SM, Shui AM. Health literacy and COVID-19 pandemic impacts among adults in rural northern Arizona. Rural Remote Health. 2024 10; 24(4):9147.
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Ojeda VD, Vicente S, Sheik-Mohamed A, Zubaidi R, Bearse A, Nash V, Kurz S, Marquez D, Barrios A, Crespo NC, Melendrez B. Insights From Community Organizations Collaborating With Government and Academia to Foster Health Literacy. Health Educ Behav. 2025 Apr; 52(2):179-189.
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Aponte J, Tejada K, Figueroa K. Readability Level of Spanish Language Online Health Information: A Systematic Review. Hisp Health Care Int. 2025 Jun; 23(2):107-122.
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McGrew SJ, Thai JM, Woller SJ, Smit T, Rogers AH, Vujanovic AA, Zvolensky MJ. Posttraumatic Stress and Opioid Use and Pain among Individuals with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Self-Reported Chronic Pain: The Role of Health Literacy. Subst Use Misuse. 2024; 59(12):1695-1702.
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Downs J, Keeley J, Skoss R, Mills J, Nevill T, Schippers A, Lindly O, Thompson S. Perspectives on the essential skills of healthcare decision making in children and adolescents with intellectual disability. Int J Equity Health. 2024 Jun 07; 23(1):119.