"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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| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 18 | 16 | 34 |
| 2016 | 24 | 20 | 44 |
| 2017 | 31 | 26 | 57 |
| 2018 | 23 | 25 | 48 |
| 2019 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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Science Literacy in the Age of (Dis)Information: A Public Health Concern. Acad Med. 2021 02 01; 96(2):e12.
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India begins COVID-19 vaccination amid trial allegations. Lancet. 2021 01 23; 397(10271):264.
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Knowledge level and factors influencing prevention of COVID-19 pandemic among residents of Dessie and Kombolcha City administrations, North-East Ethiopia: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2020 11 14; 10(11):e044202.
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Using real-world examples of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase student confidence in their scientific literacy skills. Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2020 11; 48(6):678-684.
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Polio in Afghanistan: The Current Situation amid COVID-19. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 10; 103(4):1367-1369.
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Population risk factors for COVID-19 deaths in Nigeria at sub-national level. Pan Afr Med J. 2020; 35(Suppl 2):131.
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Comparison of Readability of Official Public Health Information About COVID-19 on Websites of International Agencies and the Governments of 15 Countries. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 08 03; 3(8):e2018033.
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Pilot Implementation of a Low-Literacy Zone Tool for Heart Failure Self-management. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2019 12; 21(6):475-481.
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Looking to the Future: Speech, Language, and Academic Outcomes in an Adolescent with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2019; 71(5-6):203-215.
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The effect of literacy and culture on cognitive effort test performance: An examination of the Test of Memory Malingering in Colombia. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2019 12; 41(10):1015-1023.