Public Health Informatics
"Public Health Informatics" 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.
The systematic application of information and computer sciences to public health practice, research, and learning.
| Descriptor ID |
D040442
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| MeSH Number(s) |
L01.313.750
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Public Health Informatics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Public Health Informatics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health Informatics" by people in Profiles.
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Ward LD, Spain CV, Perilla MJ, Morales KH, Linkin DR. Improving disease reporting by clinicians: the effect of an internet-based intervention. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2008 Jan-Feb; 14(1):56-61.
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Wall MM, Huang J, Oswald J, McCullen D. Factors associated with reporting multiple causes of death. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2005 Jan 17; 5(1):4.
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Gyllstrom ME, Jensen JL, Vaughan JN, Castellano SE, Oswald JW. Linking birth certificates with Medicaid data to enhance population health assessment: methodological issues addressed. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2002 Jul; 8(4):38-44.