 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".
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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| 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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2020 | 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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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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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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Lamar M, Wilson RS, Yu L, James BD, Stewart CC, Bennett DA, Boyle PA. Associations of literacy with diabetes indicators in older adults. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2019 03; 73(3):250-255.
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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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Stewart CC, Boyle PA, James BD, Yu L, Han SD, Bennett DA. Associations of APOE e4 With Health and Financial Literacy Among Community-Based Older Adults Without Dementia. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2018 06 14; 73(5):778-786.
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Delgado JM, Ruppar TM. Health Literacy in Older Latinos With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2017 Mar/Apr; 32(2):125-134.
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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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