"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".
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 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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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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Neuropsychological and Health Literacy Correlates of Science Knowledge Among Older and Younger Healthy Adults. Percept Mot Skills. 2024 Dec; 131(6):2085-2102.
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Health literacy is associated with cognition and everyday functioning in a consecutive clinical series of people with epilepsy in a surgical setting. Epilepsy Behav. 2024 Oct; 159:110013.
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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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Successful Aging is Associated with Better Health Literacy in Older Adults with HIV Disease. AIDS Behav. 2024 Mar; 28(3):811-819.
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Accelerated epigenetic aging in older adults with HIV disease: associations with serostatus, HIV clinical factors, and health literacy. Geroscience. 2023 08; 45(4):2257-2265.
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Does neurocognition contribute to age-related deficits in the online navigation of electronic patient health portals? J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2023 08; 29(7):662-669.
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Remote versus In-Person Health Education: Feasibility, Satisfaction, and Health Literacy for Diverse Older Adults. Health Educ Behav. 2023 06; 50(3):369-381.
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Age and neurocognition are associated with credibility evaluations of health websites. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2024 Sep-Oct; 31(5):964-973.
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Remote and in-person research education for people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners. Fam Syst Health. 2023 03; 41(1):26-43.