"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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| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Health Literacy Curricula in Pediatric Residency Programs: A National Survey. Health Lit Res Pract. 2025 01; 9(1):e3-e7.
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Prioritizing Health Literacy Educational Objectives for Pediatric Residents - A Delphi Study. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Nov-Dec; 24(8):1182-1188.
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Preventing Home Medication Administration Errors. Pediatrics. 2021 12 01; 148(6).
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Cultural Considerations for Psychologists in Primary Care. J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2018 09; 25(3):305-315.
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Improving Health Literacy. The New American Thoracic Society Guidelines for Patient Education Materials. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Aug; 13(8):1208-11.
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Psychosocial aspects of type 1 diabetes in Latino- and Asian-American youth. Pediatr Res. 2016 09; 80(3):347-55.
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Avoidable tragedies: Disparities in healthcare access among medically underserved women diagnosed with cervical cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2015 Dec; 139(3):500-5.
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Lower health literacy predicts smoking relapse among racially/ethnically diverse smokers with low socioeconomic status. BMC Public Health. 2014 Jul 14; 14:716.
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Social support mediates the association of health literacy and depression among racially/ethnically diverse smokers with low socioeconomic status. J Behav Med. 2014 Dec; 37(6):1169-79.
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Associations between health literacy and established predictors of smoking cessation. Am J Public Health. 2013 Jul; 103(7):e43-9.