Health Education

"Health Education" 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.

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Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.

Descriptor ID	D006266
MeSH Number(s)	I02.233.332 N02.421.726.407
Concept/Terms	Health Education Health Education Education, Health Community Health Education Community Health Education Education, Community Health Health Education, Community

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Health Education".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Education [I02]
Education, Nonprofessional [I02.233]
Health Education [I02.233.332]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Preventive Health Services [N02.421.726]
Health Education [N02.421.726.407]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Health Education".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Education" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Education" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 282 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 22 publications in 2010

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	1	2
1998	0	1	1
1999	1	1	2
2000	2	1	3
2001	2	1	3
2002	5	1	6
2003	3	3	6
2004	9	4	13
2005	10	3	13
2006	3	3	6
2007	11	9	20
2008	7	6	13
2009	7	5	12
2010	16	6	22
2011	10	4	14
2012	9	3	12
2013	9	4	13
2014	11	6	17
2015	6	6	12
2016	15	5	20
2017	6	4	10
2018	8	4	12
2019	9	4	13
2020	6	6	12
2021	0	4	4
2022	1	5	6
2023	1	3	4
2024	2	4	6
2025	4	0	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Education" by people in Profiles.

Williams SA, Shriver RC, Juhala CC. Bridging the Gap: Health Education Needs Among Rural Populations with Chronic Illness and Low Health Literacy in Unincorporated Communities in Southern California. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Dec 23; 23(1).

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Boutelle KN, Eichen DM, Manzano M, Crespo NC, Rivera-I?iguez I, Castro E, Strong DR, Newell I, Reed K, Marquez B, Rhee KE. Design of the FRESH-LC study: Caregivers as the agent of change for childhood obesity and chronic disease risk among Latino families. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 Feb; 161:108191.

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Moreira J, Gonzalez A, Chavez J, Baltrushes N, Cheney AM. ?Coma, Mu?vase y Viva!: qualitative findings from a dietary and lifestyle change intervention for Latinas in the rural desert region of Inland Southern California. BMC Public Health. 2025 Nov 19; 25(1):4049.

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Sharma V, Aguilar M, Abdelrahman S, Sosa E, He M, Martinez MM, Hutson A, Zhang T, Yin Z, Ullevig S. A Culturally Tailored Digital Education Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Sep 25; 14:e65976.

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Sharma V, Martinez MM, Sosa E, He M, Zhang T, Yin Z, Ullevig SL. Implementation Fidelity of a Digital Nutrition Education Intervention Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2025 Dec; 57(12):1129-1140.

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Olorunyomi G, Torres C, Norwood K, Taylor L, Jones J, Pounds K, Idowu K, Guinn D, King D, Ajewole-Mwema V, Poon I, Olaleye E. Developing a Maternal Health Education and Research Training Program for High School, Pharmacy, and Health Sciences Students. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Jul 09; 22(7).

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Joe TR, Natonie KM, Charley KR, Lee NR. Increasing HPV and Cervical Cancer Education Among Native American Communities and Healthcare Providers. J Cancer Educ. 2026 Mar; 41(1):40-48.

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Leslie TE, Na YB, Martin E, Carcelen A, Garcia C, Sangha P, Ngeno G, Holt M, Bronner Y, Dumm LP. Community of Communities: Co-Created Education to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2025; 19(1):117-127.

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Slagle AE, von Hippel FA, Cruz L, Torres F, Morey O, Rincon L, Johnston E, Leslie K, Castro I, Ruiz B, Torres E. Fotonovelas for Farmworkers and Their Families: Evitando los Riesgos en Casa. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2025; 19(2):237-240.

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Davis K, Curry L, Bradfield B, Stupplebeen DA, Williams RJ, Soria S, Lautsch J. The Validity of Impressions as a Media Dose Metric in a Tobacco Public Education Campaign Evaluation: Observational Study. J Med Internet Res. 2024 11 05; 26:e55311.

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