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 308 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 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	4	5
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	11	17
2010	6	7	13
2011	9	14	23
2012	2	12	14
2013	10	19	29
2014	8	16	24
2015	7	11	18
2016	15	13	28
2017	10	7	17
2018	9	9	18
2019	8	6	14
2020	2	9	11
2021	1	7	8
2022	1	5	6
2023	0	4	4
2024	1	5	6

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Farmer HR, Thierry AD, Sherman-Wilkins K, Thorpe RJ. An exploration of neighborhood characteristics, psychosocial resilience resources, and cognitive functioning among midlife and older black adults. Ethn Health. 2024 Aug; 29(6):597-619.

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Fernandez SB, Dawit R, Nawfal ES, Ward MK, Ram?rez-Ortiz D, Sheehan DM, Trepka MJ. Psychosocial and socioeconomic changes among low-income people with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic in Miami-Dade County, Florida: racial/ethnic and gender differences. HIV Res Clin Pract. 2024 Dec; 25(1):2363129.

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Maxwell D, Leat SR, Gallegos T, Praetorius RT. Sacred space: a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of women's experiences of supportive birthing environments. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 May 15; 24(1):372.

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Wyatt GE, Norwood-Scott E, Cooley-Strickland M, Zhang M, Smith-Clapham A, Jordan W, Liu H, Hamilton AB. Increasing Urban African American Women's Readiness for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: A Pilot Study of the Women Prepping for PrEp Plus Program (WP3+). Womens Health Issues. 2024 May-Jun; 34(3):241-249.

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Hernandez-Green N, Davis MV, Farinu O, Hernandez-Spalding K, Lewis K, Beshara MS, Francis S, Baker LJ, Byrd S, Parker A, Chandler R. Using mHealth to reduce disparities in Black maternal health: Perspectives from Black rural postpartum mothers. Womens Health (Lond). 2024 Jan-Dec; 20:17455057241239769.

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Sabo S, Jim?nez DJ, Longorio AS, Gomez O, Liebert M, Cuautle MA, Shuman S, de Zapien JG, Milczarek-Desai S. Aqu? Entre Nos (Just Between Us): Engagement of Hotel Housekeepers During Sociopolitical and Environmental Change. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2024; 18(2):213-223.

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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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Cor?a RC, Gogovor A, Ben Charif A, Hassine AB, Zomahoun HTV, McLean RKD, Milat A, Plourde KV, Rheault N, Wolfenden L, L?gar? F. Evidence on Scaling in Health and Social Care: An Umbrella Review. Milbank Q. 2023 09; 101(3):881-921.

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Haegele JA, Sun F, Li C, Ng K, Lee J, Chee Ang SH, Alves MLT, Yang H, Wu Y, Tan JSY, Rintala P, Huang WY, Healy S, Dos Santos Alves I, Schliemann AL, Maeng H, Karna E, Ding D. Environmental Correlates of Physical Activity and Screen-Time in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Seven-Country Observational Study. J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 May; 54(5):1740-1748.

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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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