"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.
Ability to read and write.
| Descriptor ID |
D000067010
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.429 N01.824.196.500
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Literacy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Literacy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Literacy" by people in this website by year, and whether "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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Positive impact of an inpatient early childhood literacy programme on literacy practices and family experience in a paediatric heart centre. Cardiol Young. 2024 Nov; 34(11):2370-2376.
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"Speech Is Golden": The Importance of Colloquial Arabic for Reading Standard Arabic for Beginning Readers. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2025 Mar 26; 68(3S):1441-1467.
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Cultural adaptation of 'Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids' for Hispanic families: applying the ecological validity model. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020 04 21; 17(1):52.
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Right Care for Children: Top Five Do's and Don'ts. Am Fam Physician. 2019 03 15; 99(6):376-382.
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A Bottom-Up Approach to Understanding Low-Income Patients: Implications for Health-Related Policy. J Law Med Ethics. 2018 Sep; 46(3):658-664.
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Health literacy and parent attitudes about weight control for children. Appetite. 2015 Aug; 91:200-8.