Social Support

"Social Support" 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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Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance is provided by churches, groups, etc.

Descriptor ID	D012944
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.853.500.600
Concept/Terms	Social Support Social Support Support, Social Social Networks Social Networks Social Network

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Social Environment [I01.880.853.500]
Social Support [I01.880.853.500.600]

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Social Support
Psychosocial Support Systems

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Bar chart showing 282 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 28 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
1996	1	0	1
2000	0	2	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	3	4
2003	0	4	4
2004	3	5	8
2005	0	3	3
2006	3	10	13
2007	5	7	12
2008	2	6	8
2009	6	9	15
2010	6	7	13
2011	8	12	20
2012	2	12	14
2013	10	18	28
2014	7	15	22
2015	7	10	17
2016	13	13	26
2017	10	7	17
2018	7	8	15
2019	8	6	14
2020	1	10	11
2021	1	5	6
2022	1	4	5
2023	0	2	2

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Haley CO, Gross TT, Story CR, McElderry CG, Stone KW. Social Media Usage as a Form of Breastfeeding Support Among Black Mothers: A Scoping Review of the Literature. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2023 Jul-Aug; 68(4):442-448.

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Santiago PHR, Smithers LG, Roberts R, Jamieson L. Psychometric properties of the Social Support Scale (SSS) in two Aboriginal samples. PLoS One. 2023; 18(1):e0279954.

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Reblin M, D'Almeida H, Barrios-Monroy V, McCormick R, Rodriguez L, Walters K, Sutton SK, Zebrack B, Forsyth P, Byrne MM, Wells KJ. Training cancer caregiver navigators: experiences from implementing the eSNAP and caregiver navigator intervention. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Dec; 30(12):10263-10272.

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Derose KP, Cohen DA, Han B, Arredondo EM, Perez LG, Larson A, Loy S, Mata MA, Castro G, De Guttry R, Rodr?guez C, Seelam R, Whitley MD, Perez S. Linking churches and parks to promote physical activity among Latinos: Rationale and design of the Parishes & Parks cluster randomized trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 12; 123:106954.

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Dye CK, Corley MJ, Ing C, Lum-Jones A, Li D, Mau MKLM, Maunakea AK. Shifts in the immunoepigenomic landscape of monocytes in response to a diabetes-specific social support intervention: a pilot study among Native Hawaiian adults with diabetes. Clin Epigenetics. 2022 07 18; 14(1):91.

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Perez LG, Cohen DA, Seelam R, Han B, Arredondo EM, Castro G, Rodriguez C, Mata MA, Larson A, Derose KP. Church Contextual Factors Associated With Latinx Physical Activity and Park Use. Fam Community Health. 2022 Jul-Sep 01; 45(3):163-173.

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Reblin M, Wells KJ, Otto A, McCormick R, Rodriguez L, Walters K, Sutton SK, Zebrack B, Forsyth P, Byrne MM. Addressing a critical need for caregiver support in neuro-oncology: development of a caregiver navigation intervention using eSNAP social resource visualization. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Jun; 30(6):5361-5370.

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Stephenson R, Chavanduka TMD, Sullivan S, Mitchell JW. Partner Support and Communication for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use Among Male Couples. Arch Sex Behav. 2022 07; 51(5):2549-2562.

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Jafry MZ, Martinez J, Chen TA, Businelle MS, Kendzor DE, Reitzel LR. Perceived Social Support Attenuates the Association between Stress and Health-Related Quality of Life among Adults Experiencing Homelessness. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 10 13; 18(20).

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Reblin M, Ketcher D, McCormick R, Barrios-Monroy V, Sutton SK, Zebrack B, Wells KJ, Sahebjam S, Forsyth P, Byrne MM. A randomized wait-list controlled trial of a social support intervention for caregivers of patients with primary malignant brain tumor. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Apr 17; 21(1):360.

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