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 224 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 30 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	10	2	12
2009	9	2	11
2010	3	5	8
2011	2	4	6
2012	7	5	12
2013	9	1	10
2014	5	6	11
2015	5	8	13
2016	12	5	17
2017	12	7	19
2018	16	14	30
2019	6	12	18
2020	7	8	15
2021	2	4	6

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

Freudenberg N, Lee K, Buse K, Collin J, Crosbie E, Friel S, Klein DE, Lima JM, Marten R, Mialon M, Zenone M. Defining Priorities for Action and Research on the Commercial Determinants of Health: A Conceptual Review. Am J Public Health. 2021 12; 111(12):2202-2211.

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Sentell T, Patil U, Kostareva U. Health Literate Hawai'i: A Blueprint to Empower Health and Wellbeing. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2021 Oct; 80(10 Suppl 2):57-63.

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Freudenberg N. A Public Health Agenda for the 2020s. Am J Public Health. 2021 10; 111(10):1757-1760.

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Beech BM, Ford C, Thorpe RJ, Bruce MA, Norris KC. Poverty, Racism, and the Public Health Crisis in America. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:699049.

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Sabo S, O'Meara L, Russell K, Hemstreet C, Nashio JT, Bender B, Hamilton J, Begay MG. Community Health Representative Workforce: Meeting the Moment in American Indian Health Equity. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:667926.

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Glauberman GHR, Berreman JM, Edwards M, Farias R, Grange F, Wong DK, Qureshi K. Rapid Implementation of a Statewide Observational Surveillance System to Monitor Wearing of Face Masks in Public Spaces. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2021 06; 80(6):124-128.

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Bailey RL, Ard JD, Davis TA, Naimi TS, Schneeman BO, Stang JS, Dewey KG, Donovan SM, Novotny R, Snetselaar LG, de Jesus J, Casavale KO, Pannucci T, Stoody EE. A Proposed Framework for Identifying Nutrients and Food Components of Public Health Relevance in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. J Nutr. 2021 05 11; 151(5):1197-1204.

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Williams R, Bursac Z, Trepka MJ, Odom GJ. Lessons Learned From Miami-Dade County's COVID-19 Epidemic: Making Surveillance Data Accessible for Policy Makers. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 May-Jun 01; 27(3):310-317.

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Palacios C, Magnus M, Arrieta A, Gallardo H, Tapia R, Espinal C. Obesity in Latin America, a scoping review of public health prevention strategies and an overview of their impact on obesity prevention. Public Health Nutr. 2021 10; 24(15):5142-5155.

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Bustamante EE, Ramer JD, Santiago-Rodríguez ME, Mehta TG, Bustamante AS, Marquez DX, Frazier SL. The S.P.A.C.E Hypothesis: Physical Activity as Medium - Not Medicine - for Public Health Impact. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2021 04 01; 49(2):133-145.

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