Disciplines and Occupations

Health Literacy

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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Structured Summary

Abstract

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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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Literacy, Health

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2010

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  1. H02w.403w.720w.750w.380w.229.500w
  2. L01w.143w.450w.500w
  3. N02.421.726.407w.229.500w

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NLM Classification

WA 590

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Literacy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057220. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057220
  2. Health Literacy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_literacy
  3. Health Literacy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3097973