Health Behavior

"Health Behavior" 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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Combination of HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE which underlie actions taken by individuals regarding their health.

Descriptor ID	D015438
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.488
Concept/Terms	Health Behavior Health Behavior Behavior, Health Behaviors, Health Health Behaviors

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Health Behavior [F01.145.488]

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

Bar chart showing 435 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 30 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	1	1	2
1998	1	0	1
2000	1	0	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	3	2	5
2003	9	4	13
2004	10	5	15
2005	8	7	15
2006	7	7	14
2007	12	6	18
2008	7	10	17
2009	11	18	29
2010	5	11	16
2011	13	12	25
2012	15	9	24
2013	16	13	29
2014	15	11	26
2015	11	14	25
2016	17	13	30
2017	8	14	22
2018	17	10	27
2019	10	12	22
2020	10	13	23
2021	2	8	10
2022	0	5	5
2023	0	8	8
2024	1	1	2
2025	6	3	9

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Malone A, Tibbe TD, Turk N, Duru OK, Wisk LE, Mangione C, Page J, Thomas SC, Vu A, Madievsky R, Chon J, Cheng F, Liu S, Maranon R, Krong J, Krueger A, Han CS, Norris K, Moin T. Type 2 Diabetes Risk Perception and Health Behaviors Among Women with History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Analysis. Nutrients. 2025 Oct 25; 17(21).

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Dillard A, Marshall SM, Teneza JN, Kekauoha BP, Townsend Ing C, Antonio MCK, Kenney M, Okamoto SK, Kauhane M, Abrigo S, Kaholokula JK, Cassel K. The Adoption of Cancer Screening and Prevention in Hawaiian Homestead Communities. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2025 Oct 01; 26(10):3691-3697.

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Holub CK, Martinez K, Crespo NC, Hoang D, Markidis M, Lepule T. Co-Designing Technology to Reduce Health Disparities and Address New Norms Post-COVID-19: Proposal for a Mixed Methods Community-Based Participatory Research Approach. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Sep 18; 14:e73927.

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Oikawa M, Otake T, Awatani T, Noguchi H, Kawamura A. Impacts of health checkup programs standardization on working-age self-employed and unemployed: Insights from Japan's local government response to national policy. J Health Econ. 2025 09; 103:103046.

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Marquez B, Zhang X, Lebensohn-Chialvo F, Butte KT, Arredondo E, Allison M. Mothers Inspiring Healthy Actions (MIHA) program: A randomized control trial testing obesity treatment for mother-daughter dyads. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Jul; 154:107946.

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Finlayson TL, Garcia-Alcaraz C, Malcarne VL, Ryder M, Ayala GX, Martinez LS, Schiaffino MK, Hoeft KS, Gansky SA, Dougherty E, Stamm N, Shue B, Maupom? G. Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Oral Health Behavior Social Support (OHBSS) Scales in English and Spanish for Mexican-origin young adults. BMC Oral Health. 2025 Apr 10; 25(1):515.

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Hansen L, Wu YY, Sentell TL, Thompson M, St John TL, Schmid S, Pirkle CM. Spearfishing and public health promotion: A cross-sectional analysis of the Hawai'i Behavioral Risk Factor?Surveillance System Survey. PLoS One. 2025; 20(3):e0319169.

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Finlayson TL, Malcarne VL, Ayala GX, Schiaffino MK, Hoeft KS, Garcia-Alcaraz C, Ryder M, Gansky SA, Martinez LS, Yang M, Dougherty E, Maupom? G, Stamm N, Shue B. Development of new bilingual oral health behavior social support (OHBSS) scales in English and Spanish. PLoS One. 2025; 20(3):e0317133.

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Johnson BJ, Chadwick PM, Pryde S, Seidler AL, Hunter KE, Aberoumand M, Williams JG, Lau HI, Libesman S, Aagerup J, Barba A, Baur LA, Morgillo S, Sanders L, Taki S, Hesketh KD, Campbell K, Manson A, Hayes A, Webster A, Wood C, O'Connor DA, Matvienko-Sikar K, Robledo K, Askie L, Wolfenden L, Taylor R, Yin HS, Brown V, Fiks A, Ventura A, Ghaderi A, Taylor BJ, Stough C, Helle C, Palacios C, Perrin EM, Reifsnider E, Rasmussen F, Paul IM, Savage JS, Thomson J, Banna J, Larsen J, Joshipura K, Ong KK, Karssen L, Wen LM, Vitolo M, R?ed M, Bryant M, Rivera MC, Messito MJ, Golova N, ?verby NC, Gross R, Lakshman R, Byrne R, Rothman RL, O'Reilly S, Anzman-Frasca S, Verbestel V, Maffeis C, de la Haye K, Salvy SJ, Mihrshahi S, Ramachandran J, Baratto PS, Golley RK. Behavioural components and delivery features of early childhood obesity prevention interventions: intervention coding of studies in the TOPCHILD Collaboration systematic review. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Feb 05; 22(1):14.

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Yin W, Sifre-Acosta N, Chamorro D, Chowdhury S, Hu N. Impact of Physical Activity on Health Behavior Change and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Epidemic Among Chinese Adults: China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Jan 30; 22(2).

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