 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 UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Health Literacy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2024 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2021 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2011 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Literacy" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Dihan QA, Brown AD, Chauhan MZ, Alzein AF, Abdelnaem SE, Kelso SD, Rahal DA, Park R, Ashraf M, Azzam A, Morsi M, Warner DB, Sallam AB, Saeed HN, Elhusseiny AM. Leveraging large language models to improve patient education on dry eye disease. Eye (Lond). 2025 Apr; 39(6):1115-1122.
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Dihan Q, Chauhan MZ, Eleiwa TK, Brown AD, Hassan AK, Khodeiry MM, Elsheikh RH, Oke I, Nihalani BR, VanderVeen DK, Sallam AB, Elhusseiny AM. Large language models: a new frontier in paediatric cataract patient education. Br J Ophthalmol. 2024 Sep 20; 108(10):1470-1476.
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Eleiwa TK, Dihan QA, Brown AD, Zaldivar AT, Abdelnaem SE, Sallam AB, Phillips PH, Elnahry AG, Elhusseiny AM. Quality, Reliability, Readability, and Accountability of Online Information on Leukocoria. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2024 Sep-Oct; 61(5):332-338.
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Dihan Q, Chauhan MZ, Eleiwa TK, Hassan AK, Sallam AB, Khouri AS, Chang TC, Elhusseiny AM. Using Large Language Models to Generate Educational Materials on Childhood Glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 Sep; 265:28-38.
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Rice TK, Rhodes RL. Culturally Sensitive Advance Care Planning for African American Advanced Cancer Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Jul; 68(1):e46-e53.
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Oehrlein EM, Schoch S, Majercak K, Gressler LE, Costantino RC, Love TR, Perfetto EM. Development and Testing of a Chronic-Disease Patient Experience Mapping Toolbox. Patient. 2024 May; 17(3):263-274.
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Sagong H, Tsai PF, Jang AR, Yoon JY. Impact of English Proficiency on Health Literacy in Older Korean Immigrants: Mediating Effects of Social Support and Acculturation. J Immigr Minor Health. 2024 Feb; 26(1):81-90.
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Azhar G, Sharma S, Lau O, Alkharisi B, Anandam A, Isa S, Mendiratta P, Pangle AK, Coker K, Wei J. A Response to: Quality Improvement in Delirium Health Literacy in Older Adult Patients and Their Caregivers Attending a Geriatric Clinic [Response to Letter]. Clin Interv Aging. 2023; 18:305-306.
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Azhar G, Sharma S, Lau O, Alkharisi B, Anandam A, Isa S, Mendiratta P, Pangle AK, Coker K, Wei J. Quality Improvement in Delirium Health Literacy in Older Adult Patients and Their Caregivers Attending a Geriatric Clinic. Clin Interv Aging. 2022; 17:1901-1906.
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Quintero S, Zraick RI, Rosa-Lugo LI, La Scala JD. Readability of Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Part B Procedural Safeguards Notices Written in Spanish. Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch. 2023 01 17; 54(1):355-363.
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Steiner SM, Slavych BK, Zraick RI. Assessment of Online Patient Education Material About Dysphagia. Dysphagia. 2023 06; 38(3):990-1000.
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Noblin AM, Zraick RI, Miller AN, Schmidt-Owens M, Deichen M, Tran K, Patel R. Readability and Suitability of Information Presented on a University Health Center Website. Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2022; 19(4):1f.
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Shih T, De DR, Tran KA, Hsiao JL, Shi VY. Health Literacy in Dermatology Patients: How to Level the Playing Field. Cutis. 2022 09; 110(3):119-120.
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Yin HS, Neuspiel DR, Paul IM, Franklin W, Tieder JS, Adirim T, Alvarez F, Brown JM, Bundy DG, Ferguson LE, Gleeson SP, Leu M, Mueller BU, Connor Phillips S, Quinonez RA, Rea C, Rinke ML, Shaikh U, Shiffman RN, Vickers Saarel E, Spencer Cockerham SP, Mack Walsh K, Jones B, Adler AC, Foster JH, Green TP, Houck CS, Laughon MM, Neville K, Reigart JR, Shenoi R, Sullivan JE, Van Den Anker JN, Verhoef PA. Preventing Home Medication Administration Errors. Pediatrics. 2021 12 01; 148(6).
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Modiri O, Yee D, Shi VY, Hsiao JL. Readability, Quality, and Timeliness of Online Health Resources for Atopic Dermatitis. Dermatitis. 2021 Oct 01; 32(1S):e89-e91.
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Greer ML, Sample S, Jensen HK, McBain S, Lipschitz R, Sexton KW. COVID-19 Is Connected with Lower Health Literacy in Rural Areas. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 27; 281:804-808.
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De DR, Seivright J, Yee D, Hsiao JL, Shi VY. Readability, quality, and timeliness of patient online health resources for urticaria. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 05; 86(5):1182-1185.
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Parker PD, Prabhu AV, Su LJ, Zorn KK, Greene CJ, Hadden KB, McSweeney JC. What's in Between the Lines: Assessing the Readability, Understandability, and Actionability in Breast Cancer Survivorship Print Materials. J Cancer Educ. 2022 10; 37(5):1532-1539.
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Stefu J, Slavych BK, Zraick RI. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Voice: An Updated Readability Analysis. J Voice. 2023 May; 37(3):465.e27-465.e34.
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Parker PD, Heiney SP, Friedman DB, Adams SA, Dawson RM. The Experience of Chemotherapy Teaching and Readability of Chemotherapy Educational Materials for Women with Breast Cancer. J Cancer Educ. 2021 02; 36(1):47-55.
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Spencer JE, Brown HW, Oliphant SS. Health literacy and PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7 completion in urogynecology patients. Int Urogynecol J. 2021 Dec; 32(12):3209-3215.
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Price KN, Lyons AB, Hamzavi IH, Hsiao JL, Shi VY. Facilitating Clinical Trials Participation of Low Socioeconomic Status Patients. Dermatology. 2021; 237(5):843-846.
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Para A, Thelmo F, Rynecki ND, Zelman B, Gupta R, Coban D, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Ippolito JA, Agarwal N, Moore JM, Beebe KS. Evaluating the Readability of Online Patient Education Materials Related to Orthopedic Oncology. Orthopedics. 2021 Jan 01; 44(1):38-42.
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Parker PD, Heiney SP, Adams SA, Friedman DB, Dawson RM. Factors influencing chemotherapy knowledge in women with breast cancer. Appl Nurs Res. 2020 12; 56:151335.
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Trudeau C. Health Literacy's Impact On Health Law & Policy. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2020 Jun 25; 269:453-480.
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Kamath P, Zheng R, Narasimman M, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Hansberry D, Agarwal N, Koch E. Evaluation of online patient education materials concerning skin cancers. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Jan; 84(1):190-191.
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Hadden K, Gan JM, McClure S, McCarthy RE, Bumpass DB. Accuracy of the Spinal Pain Diagram Is Influenced by Patient Health Literacy in Completion of the Scoliosis Research Society30 Questionnaire. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2020; 29(1):39-42.
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Hadden KB, Kripalani S. Health Literacy 2.0: Integrating Patient Health Literacy Screening with Universal Precautions. Health Lit Res Pract. 2019 10; 3(4):e280-e285.
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Hadden KB, McLemore H, White W, Marks MH, Gan JM, Seupaul RA. Implementation of a health-literate patient decision aid for chest pain in the emergency department. Patient Educ Couns. 2020 04; 103(4):864-869.
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Hadden K, Martin R, Prince L, Barnes CL. Patient Health Literacy and Diabetic Foot Amputations. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2019 Sep; 58(5):877-879.
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Kupsik M, Sulo S, Katz A, Memmel H. What do women really think? Patient understanding of breast cancer risk. Breast J. 2019 11; 25(6):1320-1322.
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Ayyaswami V, Padmanabhan DL, Crihalmeanu T, Thelmo F, Prabhu AV, Magnani JW. Mobile health applications for atrial fibrillation: A readability and quality assessment. Int J Cardiol. 2019 10 15; 293:288-293.
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Kee JR, Edwards PK, Barnes CL, Foster SE, Mears SC. After-Hours Calls in a Joint Replacement Practice. J Arthroplasty. 2019 07; 34(7):1303-1306.
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Spencer J, Hadden K, Brown H, Oliphant SS. Considering Low Health Literacy: How Do the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory-Short Form 20 and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire-Short Form 7 Measure Up? Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2019 Mar/Apr; 25(2):145-148.
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Dilley MA, Rettiganti M, Christie L, O'Brien E, Patterson M, Weeks C, Aronson J, Scurlock AM, Perry TT, Pesek RD, Bell MC, Kennedy JL, Chandler P, Magee J, Simmons L, Chervinskiy SK, Casey P, Jones SM. Impact of food allergy on food insecurity and health literacy in a tertiary care pediatric allergy population. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2019 05; 30(3):363-369.
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Balli ML, Dickey TA, Purvis RS, Warmack TS, Riklon S, McElfish PA. "You Want to Give the Best Care Possible, and You Know When They Leave Your Pharmacy, You Didn't Give the Best Care Possible Most of the Time": Pharmacist- and Community Health Worker-Identified Barriers and Facilitators to Medication Adherence in Marshallese Patients. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2019 08; 6(4):652-659.
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Prince LY, Mears SC, Watson JC, Hadden KB. Health Literacy Evaluation of Opioid Patient Education Materials for Orthopaedic Surgery. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2019; 28(3):232-236.
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Hadden KB, Arnold CL, Curtis LM, Gan JM, Hur SI, Kwasny MJ, McSweeney JC, Prince LY, Wolf MS, Davis TC. Rationale and development of a randomized pragmatic trial to improve diabetes outcomes in patient-centered medical homes serving rural patients. Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 10; 73:152-157.
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Hadden KB, Puglisi L, Prince L, Aminawung JA, Shavit S, Pflaum D, Calderon J, Wang EA, Zaller N. Health Literacy Among a Formerly Incarcerated Population Using Data from the Transitions Clinic Network. J Urban Health. 2018 08; 95(4):547-555.
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Singh Ospina N, Castaneda-Guarderas A, Ward R, Brito JP, Maraka S, Zeballos Palacios C, Yost KJ, Dean DS, Montori VM. Patients' knowledge about the outcomes of thyroid biopsy: a patient survey. Endocrine. 2018 09; 61(3):482-488.
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Hadden KB, Prince LY, Bushmiaer MK, Watson JC, Barnes CL. Health literacy and surgery expectations in total hip and knee arthroplasty patients. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 10; 101(10):1823-1827.
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Hansberry DR, White MD, D'Angelo M, Prabhu AV, Kamel S, Lakhani P, Sundaram B. Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines: How Readable Are Internet-Based Patient Education Resources? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2018 Jul; 211(1):W42-W46.
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Shnaekel AW, Hadden KB, Moore TD, Prince LY, Lowry Barnes C. Readability of Patient Educational Materials for Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2018 Spring; 27(1):72-76.
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Prince LY, Schmidtke C, Beck JK, Hadden KB. An Assessment of Organizational Health Literacy Practices at an Academic Health Center. Qual Manag Health Care. 2018 Apr/Jun; 27(2):93-97.
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Hadden K, Prince LY, Barnes CL. Health Literacy Demands of Patient-Reported Evaluation Tools in Orthopedics: A Mixed-Methods Case Study. Qual Manag Health Care. 2018 Apr/Jun; 27(2):98-103.
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Hadden KB, Prince L, James L, Holland J, Trudeau CR. Readability of Human Subjects Training Materials for Research. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2018 02; 13(1):95-100.
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Hansberry DR, D'Angelo M, White MD, Prabhu AV, Cox M, Agarwal N, Deshmukh S. Quantitative analysis of the level of readability of online emergency radiology-based patient education resources. Emerg Radiol. 2018 Apr; 25(2):147-152.
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Coco L, Colina S, Atcherson SR, Marrone N. Readability Level of Spanish-Language Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Audiology and Otolaryngology. Am J Audiol. 2017 Sep 18; 26(3):309-317.
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Prabhu AV, Donovan AL, Crihalmeanu T, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Beriwal S, Kale H, Heller M. Radiology Online Patient Education Materials Provided by Major University Hospitals: Do They Conform to NIH and AMA Guidelines? Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2018 Mar - Apr; 47(2):75-79.
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Prabhu AV, Kim C, Crihalmeanu T, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, DeFrances MC, Trejo Bittar HE. An online readability analysis of pathology-related patient education articles: an opportunity for pathologists to educate patients. Hum Pathol. 2017 07; 65:15-20.
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Hansberry DR, Donovan AL, Prabhu AV, Agarwal N, Cox M, Flanders AE. Enhancing the Radiologist-Patient Relationship through Improved Communication: A Quantitative Readability Analysis in Spine Radiology. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 Jun; 38(6):1252-1256.
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Hansberry DR, Ayyaswami V, Sood A, Prabhu AV, Agarwal N, Deshmukh SP. Abdominal imaging and patient education resources: enhancing the radiologist-patient relationship through improved communication. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2017 04; 42(4):1276-1280.
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Prabhu AV, Crihalmeanu T, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Glaser C, Clump DA, Heron DE, Beriwal S. Online palliative care and oncology patient education resources through Google: Do they meet national health literacy recommendations? Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017 Sep - Oct; 7(5):306-310.
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Sullivan G, Cheney A, Olson M, Haynes T, Bryant K, Cottoms N, Reaves C, Curran G. Rural African Americans' Perspectives on Mental Health: Comparing Focus Groups and Deliberative Democracy Forums. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017; 28(1):548-565.
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Hadden K. Evolution of Health Literacy Research in Orthopaedics and Other Medical Specialties. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2017 WINTER; 26(4):191-192.
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Prabhu AV, Gupta R, Kim C, Kashkoush A, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Koch E. Patient Education Materials in Dermatology: Addressing the Health Literacy Needs of Patients. JAMA Dermatol. 2016 08 01; 152(8):946-7.
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Prabhu AV, Hansberry DR, Agarwal N, Clump DA, Heron DE. Radiation Oncology and Online Patient Education Materials: Deviating From NIH and AMA Recommendations. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2016 11 01; 96(3):521-8.
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Hadden K, Prince LY, Schnaekel A, Couch CG, Stephenson JM, Wyrick TO. Readability of Patient Education Materials in Hand Surgery and Health Literacy Best Practices for Improvement. J Hand Surg Am. 2016 Aug; 41(8):825-32.
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Heldenbrand S, Martin BC, Gubbins PO, Hadden K, Renna C, Shilling R, Dayer L. Assessment of medication adherence app features, functionality, and health literacy level and the creation of a searchable Web-based adherence app resource for health care professionals and patients. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2016 May-Jun; 56(3):293-302.
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Hadden KB, Prince LY, Barnes CL. Health Literacy and Opioid Use in Orthopaedic Patients. J Surg Orthop Adv. 2016 Winter; 25(4):234-237.
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