"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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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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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| 2018 | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2020 | 28 | 11 | 39 |
| 2021 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles.
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eHealth literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: seeking, sharing, suspicion amongst older and younger UK populations. Health Promot Int. 2022 Feb 17; 37(1).
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Acceptance of a Covid-19 vaccine is associated with ability to detect fake news and health literacy. J Public Health (Oxf). 2021 Dec 10; 43(4):695-702.
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Syndemics at play: chronic kidney disease, diabetes and COVID-19 in Pakistan. Ann Med. 2021 12; 53(1):581-586.
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Critical health literacy in pandemics: the special case of COVID-19. Health Promot Int. 2021 Oct 13; 36(5):1473-1481.
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Health Literacy Does Not Protect Against Underage Alcohol Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2021 Dec; 59(12):13-21.
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Facing the Growing COVID-19 Infodemic: Digital Health Literacy and Information-Seeking Behaviour of University Students in Slovenia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 08 12; 18(16).
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Trends of global health literacy research (1995-2020): Analysis of mapping knowledge domains based on citation data mining. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0254988.
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Impacts of Digital Healthy Diet Literacy and Healthy Eating Behavior on Fear of COVID-19, Changes in Mental Health, and Health-Related Quality of Life among Front-Line Health Care Workers. Nutrients. 2021 Jul 30; 13(8).
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COVID-19 Misinformation Online and Health Literacy: A Brief Overview. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 30; 18(15).
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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practise and Health Literacy (KAPH) Towards COVID-19 in Post-COVID-19 New Reality: The Need and Its Challenges in Malaysia. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:704115.