Mexican Americans

"Mexican Americans" 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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Persons living in the United States of Mexican descent.

Descriptor ID	D017058
MeSH Number(s)	M01.686.754.441.500
Concept/Terms	Mexican Americans Mexican Americans American, Mexican Americans, Mexican Mexican American Chicanas Chicana Chicanos Chicano

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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Population Groups [M01.686]
Ethnic Groups [M01.686.754]
Hispanic Americans [M01.686.754.441]
Mexican Americans [M01.686.754.441.500]

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

Bar chart showing 177 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2007 and 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	4	0	4
2003	4	2	6
2004	6	1	7
2005	7	3	10
2006	6	2	8
2007	9	5	14
2008	6	3	9
2009	10	4	14
2010	6	4	10
2011	8	0	8
2012	11	2	13
2013	5	2	7
2014	6	1	7
2015	8	2	10
2016	4	2	6
2017	8	5	13
2018	6	0	6
2019	3	3	6
2020	0	1	1
2021	2	0	2
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	3	0	3
2025	4	2	6

Below are the most recent publications written about "Mexican Americans" by people in Profiles.

Devi A, Kritz-Silverstein D, Martinez LS, Calzo JP, Strong DR, Hoeft KS, Finlayson TL. Factors Associated With Oral Hygiene Practices Among Young Mexican-Identifying Southern Californians. J Public Health Dent. 2025 Sep; 85(3):302-308.

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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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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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Bazargan-Hejazi S, Hines C, Usmani M, Argueta C, Pan D, Brown AF. Racial Disparities in Mortality Rates among Patients with Hepatic Steatosis, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: Insights from NHANES III Data. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Apr; 13(2):1083-1093.

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Martinez AA, Gil M, Shastri SS, Frietze GA. Exploring Trusted Sources of HPV Vaccine Information Among Mexican American Parents in El Paso, Texas. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Jan 07; 22(1).

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Martinez LS, Devi A, Maupom? G, Schiaffino MK, Ayala GX, Malcarne VL, Hoeft KS, Finlayson TL. Using a Social Network Approach to Characterize Oral Health Behavior Social Support Among Mexican-Origin Young Adults. J Health Commun. 2025; 30(1-3):13-28.

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Devi A, Martinez LS, Kritz-Silverstein D, Calzo JP, Strong DR, Hoeft KS, Finlayson TL. Psychosocial Determinants of Poor Dental Attendance Among Young Mexican-Identifying Adults in California. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2025 Apr; 53(2):190-197.

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Robles EH, Castro Y, Najera S, Cardoso J, Gonzales R, Mallonee J, Segovia J, Salazar-Hinojosa L, De Vargas C, Field C. Men of Mexican ethnicity, alcohol use, and help-seeking: "I can quit on my own." J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Aug; 163:209359.

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Garcia-Alcaraz C, Roesch SC, Aguilar RC, Gombatto S, Wells KJ. Pain-Related Anxiety in Spanish-Speaking Mexican Americans Who Report Chronic Pain: Psychometric Evaluation of a New Spanish Adaptation of the 20-Item Pain Anxiety Symptom Scale (PASS-20). J Pain. 2023 08; 24(8):1434-1448.

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