health literacy

Preferred Label : health literacy;

MeSH definition : Degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.;

MeSH synonym : Literacy, Health;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health literacy;

Details

Origin ID

D057220;

UMLS CUI

C2362527;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Health Literacy [NCIt concept]
- Health literacy [ICHI extension code]
- Health literacy [ICHI target]
- Health literacy (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Short Assessment of Health Literacy-English [NCIt concept]
- health literacy [ICPS Descriptor]
- health literacy [MedlinePlus Topic]
- health literacy [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- patient knowledge [Q-code]
Record concept(s)
- health literacy [MeSH concept]
See also
- Literacy [MeSH Descriptor]
- consumer health information [MeSH Descriptor]
- patient education as topic [MeSH Descriptor]
- patient participation [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- information literacy [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Mental Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Health Literacy [NCIt concept]
- Health literacy (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- health literacy [MedlinePlus Topic]

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