 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.
Degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
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D057220
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I02.233.332.186.500 L01.143.450.500 N02.421.143.827.407.228.500 N02.421.726.407.228.500
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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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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James BD, Wilson RS, Shah RC, Yu L, Arvanitakis Z, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Association of Financial Literacy With Hospitalization in Community-dwelling Older Adults. Med Care. 2018 07; 56(7):596-602.
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Grossman B, Conner S, Mosnaim G, Albers J, Leigh J, Jones S, Kenyon R. Application of Human Augmentics: A Persuasive Asthma Inhaler. J Biomed Inform. 2017 03; 67:51-58.
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Yu L, Wilson RS, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Financial and Health Literacy Predict Incident Alzheimer's Disease Dementia and Pathology. J Alzheimers Dis. 2017; 56(4):1485-1493.
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Lynch E, Mack LJ, Karavolos K, Avery E, Liebman R, Keim KS, Glover CM, Fogelfeld L. Recruitment and Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the Lifestyle Improvement Through Food and Exercise (LIFE) Study. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017; 28(1):463-486.
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Alsomali HJ, Vines DL, Stein BD, Becker EA. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Written Dry Powder Inhaler Instructions and Health Literacy in Subjects Diagnosed With COPD. Respir Care. 2017 Feb; 62(2):172-178.
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Belice PJ, Becker EA. Effective education parameters for trigger remediation in underserved children with asthma: A systematic review. J Asthma. 2017 03; 54(2):186-201.
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Wilson RS, Yu L, James BD, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Association of financial and health literacy with cognitive health in old age. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2017 Mar; 24(2):186-197.
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Polite BN, Cipriano-Steffens T, Hlubocky F, Dignam J, Ray M, Smith D, Undevia S, Sprague E, Olopade O, Daugherty C, Fitchett G, Gehlert S. An Evaluation of Psychosocial and Religious Belief Differences in a Diverse Racial and Socioeconomic Urban Cancer Population. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 04; 4(2):140-148.
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Han SD, Boyle PA, James BD, Yu L, Bennett DA. Poorer Financial and Health Literacy Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment. J Aging Health. 2015 Sep; 27(6):1105-17.
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Lynch EB, Liebman R, Ventrelle J, Keim K, Appelhans BM, Avery EF, Tahsin B, Li H, Shapera M, Fogelfeld L. Design of the Lifestyle Improvement through Food and Exercise (LIFE) study: a randomized controlled trial of self-management of type 2 diabetes among African American patients from safety net health centers. Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 Nov; 39(2):246-55.
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