 Policy Making
"Policy Making" 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 decision process by which individuals, groups or institutions establish policies pertaining to plans, programs or procedures.
| Descriptor ID |
D011050
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.706.742
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| Concept/Terms |
Policy Development- Policy Development
- Development, Policy
- Developments, Policy
- Policy Developments
Policy Analysis- Policy Analysis
- Analysis, Policy
- Analyses, Policy
- Policy Analyses
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Policy Making" by people in this website by year, and whether "Policy Making" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2014 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2020 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Policy Making" by people in Profiles.
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Loehr J, Moser CA, Asturias EJ, Shaw AC, Goddard K, Chen LH, Chu HY, Kamboj M, Hawkinson D, Maldonado YA, Talbot HK, Brewer NT. Science for vaccine policy: Lack of transparency, misinformation, and poor decision processes at the December 2025 ACIP meeting. Vaccine. 2026 Mar 19; 76:128338.
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Smith L, Roberts KJ, Giambra B, Polfuss M, Danford C, Sheppard-Lemoine D, Schultz TR, Winter N, Mulcaster A, Alrimawi I, Honda J, Brysiewicz P, Carr S, Feetham S. Nurses' Engagement in Healthcare Policy Development: An Umbrella Review. Int Nurs Rev. 2025 Dec; 72(4):e70109.
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Asturias EJ, Chen LH, Shaw AC, Moser CA, Maldonado YA, Zucker JR, Chu HY, Talbot HK, Cineas S, Lyons K, Schechter R, Kamboj M, Wiley Z, Brewer NT. Science for vaccine policy: Independent review of the September 2025 ACIP processes, deliberations and votes. Vaccine. 2025 Nov 20; 67:127876.
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Oscilowicz E, Solís GA, Martinez L, Németh J, Simon GL, Makarewicz C, Dickinson KL, Mckenzie LM, Scandlyn J, Erices-Ocampo P, Kinney PL, DeSouza P. The Role of Community Science in Addressing Policy Change: A Critical Review of Air Pollution Literature. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2025 Mar 31; 12(1):17.
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Rizzolo K, Rockey N, Cervantes L. Centering marginalized voices in advocacy for equitable policy change in kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2024 Nov 01; 33(6):647-651.
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Arias JJ, Goldberg DS. Integrating Public Health Ethics into Public Health Policymaking: Being in the Room Where It Happens. J Law Med Ethics. 2024; 52(1):183-187.
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Carignan S, Lindberg R, Tung GJ, Sullivan J, Stone C, Pollack Porter KM. Legislative Health Notes: Preliminary Learnings From Piloting a New Policy Analysis Tool. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2024 May-Jun 01; 30(3):E135-E142.
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Li J, Chen S, Asturias E, Tang S, Cui F. Promoting higher-valent pediatric combination vaccines in China: challenges and recommendations for action. Infect Dis Poverty. 2024 Feb 01; 13(1):12.
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Largent EA, Lowers J, Pope TM, Quill TE, Wynia MK. When People Facing Dementia Choose to Hasten Death: The Landscape of Current Ethical, Legal, Medical, and Social Considerations in the United States. Hastings Cent Rep. 2024 Jan; 54 Suppl 1:S11-S21.
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Grant S, Mayo-Wilson E, Kianersi S, Naaman K, Henschel B. Open Science Standards at Journals that Inform Evidence-Based Policy. Prev Sci. 2023 10; 24(7):1275-1291.
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