Public Health

"Public Health" 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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Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.

Descriptor ID	D011634
MeSH Number(s)	H02.403.720 N01.400.550 N06.850
Concept/Terms	Public Health Public Health Health, Public Community Health Health, Community Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health

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

Natural Sciences [H]
Health Occupations [H02]
Medicine [H02.403]
Public Health [H02.403.720]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Health [N01.400]
Public Health [N01.400.550]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]

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

Bar chart showing 192 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	0	1
1999	3	1	4
2000	0	1	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	1	1	2
2003	0	2	2
2004	2	0	2
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	3	3
2008	2	2	4
2009	5	9	14
2010	2	1	3
2011	2	2	4
2012	1	2	3
2013	6	2	8
2014	5	4	9
2015	7	0	7
2016	2	3	5
2017	5	7	12
2018	4	4	8
2019	7	5	12
2020	11	10	21
2021	3	10	13
2022	9	10	19
2023	3	14	17
2024	3	8	11
2025	1	0	1

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

Solanki PK, Yellapragada S, Lynch B, Eibel M, Viscusi ER, Emerick T. Emergence of xylazine as a public health threat: what does the anesthesiologist need to know for perioperative care? Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025 01 07; 50(1):55-58.

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Restar AJ, Lett E, Menezes NP, Molino AR, Poteat TC, Dean LT, Glick JL, Baker KE, Cole SW. Getting precise about gender and sex measurement: a primer for epidemiologists. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 02; 193(12):1861-1867.

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Baron-Epel O, Douvdevany Y, Ivancovsky-Wajcman D, Barach P, Bashkin O, Czabanowska K, Dopelt K, Davidovitch N, Jakubowski S, MacLeod F, Malowany M, Okenwa-Emegwa L, Peled-Raz M, Zelber-Sagi S. Professional development: a mixed methods study of Masters of Public Health alumni. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1429474.

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Wu TY, Hoffman JL, Lally S, Hartl B, Malinowski-Fahner T, Roche R, Washington VL, Yang J. Training Community Health Workers to Respond to Public Health Demands. J Community Health Nurs. 2025 Apr-Jun; 42(2):109-121.

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Neumark Y, Hannink Attal J, Shapiro N, MacLeod F, Harrington J, Barach P, de Nooijer J, Dopelt K, Duplaga M, Leighton L, Levine H, Mor Z, Otok R, Paillard-Borg S, Tulchinsky T, Zelber-Sagi S, Malowany M. Mapping competency profiles of schools of public health: implications for public health workforce education and training in Israel. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1416497.

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Gupta R, Bhatt G, Singh R, Chahar P, Goel S, Singh RJ. Enforcement of COTPA in India- current status, challenges and solutions. Indian J Tuberc. 2025 Jan; 72(1):94-97.

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Giordano NA, Phan Q, Kimble LP, Chicas R, Brasher S, Nicely KW, Sheridan T, Starks S, Ferranti E, Moore E, Clement D, Weston JB, Febres-Cordero S, Chance-Revels R, Woods E, Baker H, Muirhead L, Stapel-Wax J, Jones KD, Swan BA. The nurse-led equitable learning framework for training programs: A framework to grow, bolster and diversify the nursing and public health workforce. J Prof Nurs. 2024 Jul-Aug; 53:25-34.

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Freeland C, Adjei C, Wallace J, Wang S, Hicks J, Adda D, James C, Cohen C. Survey of lived experiences and challenges in hepatitis B management and treatment. BMC Public Health. 2024 04 02; 24(1):944.

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Epstein D, P?rez-Troncoso D, Ruiz-Adame M, Casta?eda JA. Public Acceptance of Measures to Control Infectious Diseases Under Different Scenarios of Severity and Transmissibility. Value Health. 2024 05; 27(5):562-569.

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Mayahara M, Tay DL, Kates J, Rosa WE. Palliating Serious Illness During Disasters and Public Health Emergencies. Am J Nurs. 2024 Mar 01; 124(3):56-60.

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