Community Health Centers

"Community Health Centers" 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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Facilities which administer the delivery of health care services to people living in a community or neighborhood.

Descriptor ID	D003151
MeSH Number(s)	N02.278.035.128
Concept/Terms	Community Health Centers Community Health Centers Center, Community Health Centers, Community Health Community Health Center Health Center, Community Health Centers, Community Satellite Centers Center, Satellite Centers, Satellite Satellite Center Neighborhood Health Centers Neighborhood Health Centers Center, Neighborhood Health Centers, Neighborhood Health Health Center, Neighborhood Health Centers, Neighborhood Neighborhood Health Center

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Community Health Centers".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Facilities [N02.278]
Ambulatory Care Facilities [N02.278.035]
Community Health Centers [N02.278.035.128]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Community Health Centers".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Community Health Centers".

Community Health Centers
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers

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Bar chart showing 30 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1
2005	2	0	2
2006	2	0	2
2007	3	0	3
2008	1	2	3
2009	2	2	4
2010	1	1	2
2013	3	0	3
2014	0	2	2
2015	2	0	2
2016	0	1	1
2018	0	1	1
2019	0	1	1
2021	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Bai P, Burt SS, Woodward MA, Haber S, Newman-Casey PA, Henderer JD, Chan RVP, Chen A. Federally Qualified Health Centers as a Model to Improve Vision Health: A Systematic Review. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2025 03 01; 143(3):242-251.

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Shore N, Ionescu-Ittu R, Yang L, Lalibert? F, Mahendran M, Lejeune D, Yu L, Burgents J, Duh MS, Ghate SR. Real-world genetic testing patterns in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Future Oncol. 2021 Aug; 17(22):2907-2921.

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Abuali M, Zivot A, Guerguis S, Valladares E, Aleem S, Gonzalez-Salazar F, Rouchou B, Mottola N, Braitman L, Paoletti A. Outpatient antibiotic prescribing patterns in pediatric academic and community practices. Am J Infect Control. 2019 09; 47(9):1151-1153.

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Sabesan A, Gough BL, Anderson C, Abdel-Misih R, Petrelli NJ, Bennett JJ. High volume pancreaticoduodenectomy performed at an academic community cancer center. Am J Surg. 2019 08; 218(2):349-354.

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Berrueta M, Hemingway-Foday J, Thorsten VR, Goldenberg RL, Carlo WA, Garces A, Patel A, Saleem S, Pasha O, Chomba E, Hibberd PL, Krebs NF, Goudar S, Derman RJ, Esamai F, Liechty EA, Moore JL, McClure EM, Koso-Thomas M, Buekens PM, Beliz?n JM, Althabe F. Use of antenatal corticosteroids at health facilities and communities in low-and-middle income countries. Reprod Health. 2016 May 27; 13(1):66.

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Were MC, Kessler J, Shen C, Sidle J, Macharia S, Lizcano J, Siika A, Wools-Kaloustian K, Kurth A. Implementation and Operational Research: A Time-Motion Analysis of HIV Transmission Prevention Counseling and Antiretroviral Adherence Messages in Western Kenya. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Aug 01; 69(4):e135-41.

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Schranz AJ, Brady KA, Momplaisir F, Metlay JP, Stephens A, Yehia BR. Comparison of HIV outcomes for patients linked at hospital versus community-based clinics. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2015 Mar; 29(3):117-25.

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Sabesan A, Petrelli NJ, Bennett JJ. Outcomes of gastric cancer resections performed in a high volume community cancer center. Surg Oncol. 2015 Mar; 24(1):16-20.

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Ogedegbe G, Tobin JN, Fernandez S, Cassells A, Diaz-Gloster M, Khalida C, Pickering T, Schwartz JE. Counseling African Americans to Control Hypertension: cluster-randomized clinical trial main effects. Circulation. 2014 May 20; 129(20):2044-51.

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Rieselbach RE, Crouse BJ, Neuhausen K, Nasca TJ, Frohna JG. Academic medicine: a key partner in strengthening the primary care infrastructure via teaching health centers. Acad Med. 2013 Dec; 88(12):1835-43.

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