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 195 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2016 and 2017

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

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

Tagai EK, Bradley M, Wen KY, Hernandez E, Miller SM. Type of Social Support for Smoking Cessation Among Low-Income Postpartum Women. Int J Behav Med. 2025 Aug; 32(4):640-645.

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Chung J, Pretzer-Aboff I, Parsons P, Falls K, Bulut E. Using a Device-Free Wi-Fi Sensing System to Assess Daily Activities and Mobility in Low-Income Older Adults: Protocol for a Feasibility Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 11 12; 13:e53447.

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Richterman A, Aitcheson N, Durnwald C, Curley C, Short WR, Jean Louis M, Momplaisir F, Thirumurthy H. Mental Bandwidth is Associated with HIV and Viral Suppression Among Low-Income Women in Philadelphia. AIDS Behav. 2025 Feb; 29(2):556-561.

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Kendzor DE, Davie M, Chen M, Hart J, Frank-Pearce SG, Doescher MP, Alexander AC, Businelle MS, Ogunsanya ME, Sifat MS, Boozary LK. Incentivizing Tobacco Helpline Engagement in Persistent Poverty Counties: A Randomized Trial. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Feb; 68(2):336-347.

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Nishimura HM, Snguon S, Dean LT, Moen M. Baltimore community resident and collaborator perspectives on the influence of guaranteed income on health: a formative qualitative study. BMC Public Health. 2024 09 18; 24(1):2537.

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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 07 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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Collins ME, Hall M, Chung PJ, Bettenhausen JL, Keys JR, Bard D, Puls HT. Spending on public benefit programs and exposure to adverse childhood experiences. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Oct; 168(Pt 1):106717.

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Puls HT, Hall M, Boyd R, Chung PJ. Public Benefit Programs and Differential Associations With Child Maltreatment by Race and Ethnicity. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 02 01; 178(2):185-192.

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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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