Self Care

"Self Care" 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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Performance of activities or tasks traditionally performed by professional health care providers. The concept includes care of oneself or one's family and friends.

Descriptor ID	D012648
MeSH Number(s)	E02.900 N02.421.784.680
Concept/Terms	Self Care Self Care Care, Self Self-Care

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Self Care".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Self Care [E02.900]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Rehabilitation [N02.421.784]
Self Care [N02.421.784.680]

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

Bar chart showing 136 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	1	1	2
2005	4	2	6
2006	2	2	4
2007	2	1	3
2008	2	6	8
2009	4	4	8
2010	4	0	4
2011	9	4	13
2012	3	3	6
2013	7	3	10
2014	6	3	9
2015	7	7	14
2016	5	4	9
2017	3	4	7
2018	1	6	7
2019	5	2	7
2020	5	3	8
2021	0	3	3
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	2	3
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Self Care" by people in Profiles.

Geed S, Aguirre Guemez AV, Groah S. Predictors of Functional Outcomes After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury From the SCIMS Database: Roles of Segmental Motor Strength, Ethnicity, and Health Literacy. Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil. 2026; 32(Suppl 1):1-13.

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Kim SK, Fontenot HB. The Potential of Human Papillomavirus Self-Collection Testing to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Living With HIV. Nurs Womens Health. 2026 Feb; 30(1):68-73.

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Roth S, Lott B, Garo J, Allen J, Krivacsy S, Buttigieg E, Atrio J, Young M, Cepeda D, Miller B, Soliman A. Taking Health into Your Own Hands: Evaluating Patient and Provider Perspectives of Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screenings and Opportunities for Education. J Cancer Educ. 2025 Oct; 40(5):733-740.

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Wilmoth SR, Carrillo-McCracken LL, Wilhite B, Pan M, Parra-Medina D, Sosa ET, Reyes R, He M. Impacts of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support Programs in Hispanic Church Settings: A Cluster-Randomized Trial Comparing Faith-Based and Faith-Placed Approaches. Nutrients. 2024 Dec 28; 17(1).

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Sokale IO, Kuo DC, Hoppenot CM, Reitzel LR, Juarez LH, Hernandez KJ, Parker SL, Amos C, Daheri M, Keene KR, Montealegre JR, Thrift AP. Self-Collection for Primary HPV Testing: Acceptability in a Large Urban Emergency Department. Ann Emerg Med. 2025 Mar; 85(3):249-257.

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Fontenot HB, Fuzzell L, Brownstein NC, Lake P, Michel A, Vadaparampil ST, Perkins RB. Health Care Provider Willingness to Recommend Self-collected Tests for Human Papillomavirus: A Mixed Methods Examination of Associated Factors. Womens Health Issues. 2024 Sep-Oct; 34(5):506-517.

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Liebermann E, Fontenot HB, Lim E, Matsunaga M, Zimet G, Allen JD. Preferred Location for Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2023 09; 52(5):364-373.

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Miller ST, Akohoue SA, Murry VM, Tabatabai M, Wilus D, Foxx A. SISTER (Sisters Inspiring Sisters to Engage in Relevant Diabetes Self-Care) Diabetes Study: Protocol for diabetes medical nutrition therapy randomized clinical trial among African American women. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 02; 125:107052.

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Ozga JE, Syvertsen JL, Zweifler JA, Pollini RA. A community-based study of abscess self-treatment and barriers to medical care among people who inject drugs in the United States. Health Soc Care Community. 2022 09; 30(5):1798-1808.

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Heydarian N, Hughes AS, Morera OF. An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study of Diabetes self-management in Blind Americans. West J Nurs Res. 2022 09; 44(9):830-837.

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