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 124 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2011 and 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	1	3
2007	1	1	2
2008	2	6	8
2009	3	5	8
2010	3	0	3
2011	9	4	13
2012	3	3	6
2013	6	3	9
2014	6	3	9
2015	7	6	13
2016	5	3	8
2017	3	4	7
2018	1	6	7
2019	3	2	5
2020	5	3	8
2021	0	3	3
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1

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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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McElfish PA, Long CR, Bursac Z, Scott AJ, Chatrathi HE, Sinclair KA, Nagarsheth N, Calcagni M, Patolia J, Narcisse MR. Examining elevated blood pressure and the effects of diabetes self-management education on blood pressure among a sample of Marshallese with type 2 diabetes in Arkansas. PLoS One. 2021; 16(4):e0250489.

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Lentz C, Iribarren S, Giguere R, Conserve DF, Dolezal C, Lopez-Rios J, Bal?n IC, Sheinfil AZ, Rael CT, Brown W, Torres CC, Crespo R, Febo I, Carballo-Di?guez A. Broaching the Topic of HIV Self-testing with Potential Sexual Partners Among Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men in New York and Puerto Rico. AIDS Behav. 2020 Nov; 24(11):3033-3043.

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Iribarren S, Lentz C, Sheinfil AZ, Giguere R, Lopez-Rios J, Dolezal C, Frasca T, Bal?n IC, Tagliaferri Rael C, Brown W, Cruz Torres C, Crespo R, Febo I, Carballo-Di?guez A. Using an HIV Self-test Kit to Test a Partner: Attitudes and Preferences Among High-Risk Populations. AIDS Behav. 2020 Nov; 24(11):3232-3243.

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Bal?n IC, Lopez-Rios J, Giguere R, Lentz C, Dolezal C, Cruz Torres C, Brown W, Crespo R, Sheinfil A, Tagliaferri Rael C, Febo I, Carballo-Di?guez A. Then We Looked at His Results: Men Who Have Sex With Men from New York City and Puerto Rico Report Their Sexual Partner's Reactions to Receiving Reactive HIV Self-Test Results. AIDS Behav. 2020 Sep; 24(9):2597-2605.

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Rael CT, Giguere R, Lopez-Rios J, Lentz C, Bal?n IC, Sheinfil A, Dolezal C, Brown W, Frasca T, Torres CC, Crespo R, Iribarren S, Leu CS, Febo I, Carballo-Di?guez A. Transgender Women's Experiences Using a Home HIV-Testing Kit for Partner-Testing. AIDS Behav. 2020 Sep; 24(9):2732-2741.

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