 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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720 N01.400.550 N06.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Public Health- Public Health
- Health, Public
- Community Health
- Health, Community
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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.
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| 1995 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2000 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2001 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2003 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2004 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2005 | 8 | 6 | 14 | | 2006 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2007 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2008 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2009 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2010 | 6 | 9 | 15 | | 2011 | 10 | 5 | 15 | | 2012 | 11 | 9 | 20 | | 2013 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2014 | 8 | 5 | 13 | | 2015 | 9 | 15 | 24 | | 2016 | 8 | 10 | 18 | | 2017 | 11 | 11 | 22 | | 2018 | 15 | 10 | 25 | | 2019 | 7 | 12 | 19 | | 2020 | 20 | 19 | 39 | | 2021 | 9 | 22 | 31 | | 2022 | 9 | 22 | 31 | | 2023 | 9 | 25 | 34 | | 2024 | 10 | 18 | 28 | | 2025 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health" by people in Profiles.
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Fox DK, Waken RJ, Wang F, Avula K, Raymer DS, Vader JM, Schilling JD, Joynt Maddox KE. Changes in Heart Transplant Listings by Insurance and Race During the COVID Public Health Emergency. Circ Heart Fail. 2025 Sep; 18(9):e012306.
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Hills SL, Sutter RA, Miller ER, Asturias EJ, Chen LH, Bell BP, McNeil MM, Rakickas J, Wharton M, Meyer S, Staples JE. Surveillance for adverse events following use of live attenuated chikungunya vaccine, United States, 2024, and the associated public health response in 2024 and 2025. Euro Surveill. 2025 Aug; 30(32).
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Waxse BJ, Rao S. Data science for pediatric infectious disease: utilizing COVID-19 as a model. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 01; 38(5):493-498.
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Brown KH, Hess SY, Moore SE, Combs GF, Cashman KD, McNulty H, Allen LH, Krebs NF, Pfeiffer CM, Rybak ME, Osendarp SJ. Neglected micronutrients-considering a broader set of vitamins and minerals in public health nutrition programs worldwide: a narrative review. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Sep; 122(3):680-694.
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Arifi D, Resch B, Santillana M, Knoblauch S, Lautenbach S, Jaenisch T, Morales I. How politics affect pandemic forecasting: spatio-temporal early warning capabilities of different geo-social media topics in the context of state-level political leaning. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1618347.
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Grover EN, Hill AC, Kasarskis IM, Wu EJ, Alden NB, Cronquist AB, Weisbeck K, Herlihy R, Carlton EJ. Identifying real time surveillance indicators to estimate COVID-19 hospital admissions in Colorado during and after the public health emergency. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 01; 15(1):21614.
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Levintow SN, Remch M, LeMasters K, Rice DK. The role of epidemiologists in addressing the public health consequences of the United States criminal legal system. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 May 07; 194(5):1173-1178.
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Mordy M, Adams RM, Peek L, Tobin J, Thomas TN, Soler R. Advancing Workforce Development and Evidence-Based Practice in US Territories: An Evaluation of the Public Health Disaster Research Award Program. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2025 Jul-Aug 01; 31(4):600-609.
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Oscilowicz E, Sol?s GA, Martinez L, N?meth 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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Bauer KL, Johnson-Koenke R, Fort MP. What Is Social Connection in the Context of Human Need: An Interdisciplinary Literature Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Mar 01; 22(3).
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