"Qualitative Research" 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.
Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)
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D036301
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H01.770.644.241.850
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2010 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2011 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2012 | 2 | 20 | 22 |
| 2013 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2014 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2015 | 1 | 19 | 20 |
| 2016 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2017 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2018 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2019 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2020 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2021 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2022 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2023 | 1 | 25 | 26 |
| 2024 | 14 | 28 | 42 |
| 2025 | 1 | 31 | 32 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Qualitative Research" by people in Profiles.
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Olson A, Fuzzell L, Brownstein NC, Fontenot HB, Michel A, Lake P, Vadaparampil ST, Perkins RB. Factors Associated With Guideline-Concordant Cervical Cancer Screening Exit: A Mixed Methods Study. Womens Health Issues. 2025 Nov-Dec; 35(6):415-423.
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Alvarez-Hernandez LR, Robledo C, Clark L, Vishwanatha JK, Torres-Hostos LR. "Si Te la Pones, Yo Tambi?n Me la Pongo": COVID Vaccines and Hispanic Communities at the Texas-Mexico Border Region. Soc Work Public Health. 2026; 41(1):33-52.
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Weng X, Song CY, Liu K, Wu YS, Lee JJ, Guo N, Wang MP. Perceptions of and responses of young adults who use e-cigarettes to flavour bans in China: a qualitative study. Tob Control. 2025 Jul 31; 34(4):436-442.
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Brooks MS, Hubbard D, Safford MM, Levitan EB, Judd SE, Howard VJ, Akinyemiju T, Hannon L, Baquero E, Sterling MR. Understanding Participant Perspectives Toward the Formation of a Participant Advisory Board Within the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study: A National Qualitative Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jul 15; 14(14):e038839.
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O'Brien J, Walker T, Gutman SJ, Wade V, Taylor AJ, Adams K. Including Indigenous knowledge in biomedical research: a co-autoethnography. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Jul; 13(7):e1268-e1278.
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Schmid SM, Soo Hoo C, Pirkle CM, Phillips MM, Thompson M, Yoshida A, Hansen Smith H, Ching L, Finn J, Sentell T. Culturally relevant physical activity in Hawai'i: outrigger canoeing across an adapted social-ecological model. Health Promot Int. 2025 Jul 01; 40(4).
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Burrage RL, Kawaii-Bogue B, Gone JP. Transcending trauma and embracing survivance in testimonies from survivors of the Beauval Indian Residential School of Canada. Soc Sci Med. 2025 Oct; 382:118336.
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Rhodes A, Ahmadi T, Gordon AR, Murchison GR, Fontenot HB, Potter J, Ag?nor M. Transgender and other gender minoritised assigned female at birth young adults' perceptions of and experiences with human papillomavirus vaccination. Cult Health Sex. 2026 Feb; 28(2):243-258.
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Hedden L, Grudniewicz A, Katz A, Lavergne MR, McDonald T, Rudoler D, Austin N, Halas G, Spencer S, Thelen R, Mathews M, McCracken R, McGrail K, Shiplett H, Strumpf EC. Informing family physician payment reform in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial, multimethod study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 20; 15(6):e103894.
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Luo A, Naamaoui M, Soliman A, Obtel M, Kaikani W, Charaka H, Nejjari C, Khalis M. Challenges to women's cancer control in Morocco: a qualitative study of lay advisors and civil society perspectives. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2025 Jun 16; 26:e47.