Poverty

"Poverty" 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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A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.

Descriptor ID	D011203
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.735.634 I01.880.853.996.535 N01.824.600
Concept/Terms	Poverty Poverty Indigents Indigents Indigent Indigency Indigency Low-Income Population Low-Income Population Low-Income Populations Population, Low-Income Populations, Low-Income Low Income Population Low Income Populations Population, Low Income Populations, Low Income

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

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Problems [I01.880.735]
Poverty [I01.880.735.634]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Socioeconomic Factors [I01.880.853.996]
Poverty [I01.880.853.996.535]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824]
Poverty [N01.824.600]

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

publications

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

Bar chart showing 122 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	2	1	3
2005	2	3	5
2006	4	5	9
2007	1	0	1
2008	4	1	5
2009	3	7	10
2010	3	5	8
2011	2	3	5
2012	4	4	8
2013	1	7	8
2014	1	4	5
2015	2	3	5
2016	4	8	12
2017	6	4	10
2018	2	3	5
2020	1	2	3
2021	0	5	5
2022	2	2	4
2023	1	0	1
2024	0	3	3

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

Kendzor DE, Businelle MS, Frank-Pearce SG, Waring JJC, Chen S, H?bert ET, Swartz MD, Alexander AC, Sifat MS, Boozary LK, Wetter DW. Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2418821.

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Abdel-Wahab M, Coleman CN, Eriksen JG, Lee P, Kraus R, Harsdorf E, Lee B, Dicker A, Hahn E, Agarwal JP, Prasanna PGS, MacManus M, Keall P, Mayr NA, Jereczek-Fossa BA, Giammarile F, Kim IA, Aggarwal A, Lewison G, Lu JJ, Guedes de Castro D, Kong FS, Afifi H, Sharp H, Vanderpuye V, Olasinde T, Atrash F, Goethals L, Corn BW. Addressing challenges in low-income and middle-income countries through novel radiotherapy research opportunities. Lancet Oncol. 2024 Jun; 25(6):e270-e280.

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Reyes-Farias D, Finucane E, Watson A, Resnick B, Reid C, Gupta S, Jahan M, Sadovnikov K, Brown RT. "You Need to Keep It Going, Mind, Body, and Spirit": Older Adults' Perspectives on Aging in Place in Subsidized Housing. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2024; 35(1):159-185.

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Kjelstrom S, Hass RW, McIntire RK. Association Between Lack of Access to a Neighborhood Park and High Blood Pressure in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 Nov 02; 20:E97.

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Suminski RR, Obrusnikova I, Kelly K, Heagbetus ST, Williams M. Small Business Support Is Associated with the Quantity, Quality, and Usage of Youth Physical Activity Opportunities in Urban, Low-Income, African American Neighborhoods. J Urban Health. 2022 12; 99(6):1104-1114.

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Casola AR, Luber K, Riley AH, Medley L. Menstrual Health: Taking Action Against Period Poverty. Am J Public Health. 2022 03; 112(3):374-377.

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Reszczynski O, Connolly J, Shultz K, Kelly S, Mitra N, Hom J, Venkataramani A, Chaiyachati KH. US local public health department spending between 2008 and 2016 did not increase for communities in need. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Feb 21; 22(1):237.

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Kim HJ, Kim CJ, Ahn JA, Juon HS. Prevalence and correlates of depression among South Korean older adults living in relative poverty. Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2022 06; 38:1-5.

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Connor AE, Kaur M, Dibble KE, Visvanathan K, Dean LT, Hayes JH. Racialized Economic Segregation and Breast Cancer Mortality among Women in Maryland. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 02; 31(2):413-421.

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Evenosky S, Lewis E, DiSantis KI. A Mixed Methods Case Study of Food Shopping in a Community with High Infant Mortality. Nutrients. 2021 Oct 28; 13(11).

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