Public Health

"Public Health" 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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Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.

Descriptor ID	D011634
MeSH Number(s)	H02.403.720 N01.400.550 N06.850
Concept/Terms	Public Health Public Health Health, Public Community Health Health, Community Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health

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

Natural Sciences [H]
Health Occupations [H02]
Medicine [H02.403]
Public Health [H02.403.720]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Health [N01.400]
Public Health [N01.400.550]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]

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

Bar chart showing 210 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	4	3	7
2003	6	1	7
2004	2	2	4
2005	1	3	4
2006	1	1	2
2007	5	4	9
2008	9	2	11
2009	8	2	10
2010	3	5	8
2011	2	3	5
2012	6	5	11
2013	9	1	10
2014	5	6	11
2015	6	8	14
2016	13	5	18
2017	11	7	18
2018	15	14	29
2019	6	12	18
2020	5	5	10
2021	0	1	1

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

Afolabi MOS. Can a Global Bioethical Lens Engender Color Blindness? An Examination of Public Health Disasters. Am J Bioeth. 2021 02; 21(2):61-64.

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Oren E, Martinez L, Hensley RE, Jain P, Ahmed T, Purnajo I, Nara A, Tsou MH. Twitter Communication During an Outbreak of Hepatitis A in San Diego, 2016-2018. Am J Public Health. 2020 10; 110(S3):S348-S355.

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Marzan-Rodriguez M, Morales LM, Martinez IS, Serrano RA, Mattei J, Rodriguez-Orengo JF, Thompson K. Syndromic Surveillance in Puerto Rico During the COVID-19 Response: An Alternative Approach to Scarce Molecular Testing. Am J Public Health. 2020 09; 110(9):1348-1349.

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Henry Akintobi T, Jacobs T, Sabbs D, Holden K, Braithwaite R, Johnson LN, Dawes D, Hoffman L. Community Engagement of African Americans in the Era of COVID-19: Considerations, Challenges, Implications, and Recommendations for Public Health. Prev Chronic Dis. 2020 08 13; 17:E83.

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Cruz-Correa M, Díaz-Toro EC, Falcón JL, García-Rivera EJ, Guiot HM, Maldonado-Dávila WT, Martínez KG, Méndez-Latalladi W, Pérez CM, Quiñones-Feliciano ML, Reyes JC, Rodríguez P, Santana-Bagur J, Torrellas LC, Vázquez D, Vázquez GJ, Rodríguez-Quilichini S. Public Health Academic Alliance for COVID-19 Response: The Role of a National Medical Task Force in Puerto Rico. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 07 05; 17(13).

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Anglin DM, Galea S, Bachman P. Going Upstream to Advance Psychosis Prevention and Improve Public Health. JAMA Psychiatry. 2020 07 01; 77(7):665-666.

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Sentell T, Vamos S, Okan O. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Health Literacy Research Around the World: More Important Than Ever in a Time of COVID-19. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 04 26; 17(9).

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Liu W, Yue XG, Tchounwou PB. Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic: The Chinese Experience and Implications for Other Countries. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 03 30; 17(7).

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Laniado N, Badner VM, Sanders AE, Singer RH, Finlayson TL, Hua S, Kaste LM, Isasi CR. Social capital and periodontal disease in Hispanic/Latino adults in the United States: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. J Clin Periodontol. 2020 05; 47(5):542-551.

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Sanders A, Cardel M, Laniado N, Kaste L, Finlayson T, Perreira K, Sotres-Alvarez D. Diet quality and dental caries in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. J Public Health Dent. 2020 06; 80(2):140-149.

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