Parents

"Parents" 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 functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.

Descriptor ID	D010290
MeSH Number(s)	F01.829.263.500.320 I01.880.853.150.500.340 M01.620
Concept/Terms	Parents Parents Parent Parenthood Status Parenthood Status Status, Parenthood Step-Parents Step-Parents Step Parents Step-Parent Stepparent Stepparents Parental Age Parental Age Age, Parental Ages, Parental Parental Ages

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Parents".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Psychology, Social [F01.829]
Family [F01.829.263]
Nuclear Family [F01.829.263.500]
Parents [F01.829.263.500.320]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Family [I01.880.853.150]
Nuclear Family [I01.880.853.150.500]
Parents [I01.880.853.150.500.340]
Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Parents [M01.620]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Parents".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Parents".

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

Bar chart showing 319 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2019 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	2	3
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	1	2
1999	3	0	3
2000	1	0	1
2001	2	1	3
2002	1	1	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	4	7	11
2005	4	1	5
2006	6	3	9
2007	3	4	7
2008	7	1	8
2009	7	5	12
2010	14	3	17
2011	8	6	14
2012	8	5	13
2013	7	4	11
2014	11	2	13
2015	7	6	13
2016	14	6	20
2017	10	7	17
2018	12	6	18
2019	13	8	21
2020	10	11	21
2021	4	14	18
2022	5	15	20
2023	3	15	18
2024	10	3	13
2025	0	3	3

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

Rios-Vega L, Rising K, Fields M, Freedman B, Toole N, Ramos J, Schaaf R. Engaging Diverse Stakeholders to Improve Therapy Access for Hispanic and Latino Autistic Individuals and Families. Am J Occup Ther. 2025 Mar 01; 79(2).

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Silberberg A, Iolster T, Pizarro C, Borschuk A, Castro M?ndez J, Kreutzer C, Matheny Antommaria AH. A Controversial Clinical Case of a Child With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Pediatrics. 2025 Feb 01; 155(2).

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Lin AE, Kruszka P. Spreading the Word: Communicating Evidence-Based Guidelines About Turner Syndrome to Patients, Parents, Providers, and Payors. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2025 Mar; 199(1):e32129.

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Drouin K, Hayes A, Archer E, Miller EG, Hildenbrand AK. Virtual Support for Bereaved Parents: Acceptability, Feasibility, and Preliminary Efficacy of HOPE Group. J Palliat Med. 2025 Apr; 28(4):508-512.

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Wiener L, Buff K, Canter K, Pariseau E, Scialla MA, Brown VS, Kazak AE. Partnership With Patient Advocacy Organizations Improves Research Recruitment. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Mar; 72(3):e31474.

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Zaidi AH, Sood E, De Ferranti S, Gidding S, Zadokar V, Miller J, Kazak A. Parent and Primary Care Clinician Perceptions About Pediatric Hypertension. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 12 02; 7(12):e2451103.

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Nematollahi S, Rampakakis E, Amara M, Hamdy RC, Rauch F, Hyer LC, James MA, Altiok H, Raney E, Pellett J, Mielke C, Nossov SB, Tavukcu S, Giampietro PF, Dahan-Oliel N. Health-related quality of life in 205 children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. Qual Life Res. 2025 Jan; 34(1):247-260.

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Bhatia V, Cannon S, Patel AN, Brown HW, Farhat WA, Hilliard ME. Understanding health-related quality of life after hypospadias repair: A qualitative study with pre-adolescent males and parents. J Pediatr Urol. 2024 12; 20(6):1082-1092.

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Robertson E, Murphy RF, Anari JB, Emans JB, Sponseller PD, Samdani AF, Smith JT, Barfield WR, Mooney JF. Incidence of Parental Requests to Discontinue Growth-Friendly Surgical Lengthening for Early Onset Scoliosis. Orthopedics. 2024 Nov-Dec; 47(6):e311-e316.

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Belans R, Odom J, Kolm P, Rethy JA. The Association Between Food Insecurity, Parental Stress, and Child Development. Fam Community Health. 2024 Oct-Dec 01; 47(4):275-279.

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