 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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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2021 | 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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Bhatt N, Boggio L, Simpson ML. Using an educational intervention to assess and improve disease-specific knowledge and health literacy and numeracy in adolescents and young adults with haemophilia A and B. Haemophilia. 2021 Mar; 27(2):229-236.
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Yu L, Schneider JA, Kapasi A, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy and Distinct Longitudinal Profiles of Domain-specific Literacy. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2020 Oct-Dec; 34(4):299-305.
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Shaker MS, Mosnaim G, Oppenheimer J, Stukus D, Abrams EM, Greenhawt M. Health and Economic Outcomes of Home Maintenance Allergen Immunotherapy in Select Patients with High Health Literacy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis During Exceptional Times. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jul - Aug; 8(7):2310-2321.e4.
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Das S, Singh A, Yadav VS, Sharma K, Reddy SC, Sharma S, Sharma R, Singh SM. Innovative methods of improving mental health literacy in a rural setting. Asian J Psychiatr. 2020 Aug; 52:102037.
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Han SD, Barnes LL, Leurgans S, Yu L, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Literacy Mediates Racial Differences in Financial and Healthcare Decision Making in Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 06; 68(6):1279-1285.
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Yu L, Mottola G, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Confidence in Financial and Health Literacy and Cognitive Health in Older Persons J Alzheimers Dis. 2020; 75(4):1229-1240.
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Belice PJ, Mosnaim G, Galant S, Kim Y, Shin HW, Pires-Barracosa N, Hall JP, Malik R, Becker E. The impact of caregiver health literacy on healthcare outcomes for low income minority children with asthma. J Asthma. 2020 12; 57(12):1316-1322.
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Stewart CC, Yu L, Lamar M, Wilson RS, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Associations of health and financial literacy with mortality in advanced age. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2020 May; 32(5):951-957.
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Weissberger GH, Han SD, Yu L, Barnes LL, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Financial and health literacy discrepancies with cognition in older adults. Neuropsychology. 2019 Oct; 33(7):975-985.
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De Oliveira GS, Errea M, Bialek J, Kendall MC, McCarthy RJ. The impact of health literacy on shared decision making before elective surgery: a propensity matched case control analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Dec 12; 18(1):958.
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