"Relief Work" 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.
Assistance, such as money, food, or shelter, given to the needy, aged, or victims of disaster. It is usually granted on a temporary basis. (From The American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed)
Descriptor ID |
D012066
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MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.787.839 N06.230.100.300
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Concept/Terms |
Relief Work- Relief Work
- Relief Works
- Work, Relief
- Works, Relief
Humanitarian Assistance- Humanitarian Assistance
- Assistance, Humanitarian
- Assistances, Humanitarian
- Humanitarian Assistances
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2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Relief Work" by people in Profiles.
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Davis T, Pilcher K, Novaro R, Hertelendy AJ, Hart A, Nouaime G, Ciottone GR. Quantitative Analysis of United States National Guard COVID-19 Disaster Relief Activities April-June 2020. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2023 Dec 14; 17:e562.
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Cheng L, Hertelendy AJ, Hart A, Law LS, Hata R, Nouaime G, Issa F, Echeverri L, Voskanyan A, Ciottone GR. Factors associated with international humanitarian aid appeal for disasters from 1995 to 2015: A retrospective database study. PLoS One. 2023; 18(6):e0286472.
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Jefee-Bahloul H, Barkil-Oteo A, Shukair N, Alraas W, Mahasneh W. Using a Store-and-Forward System to Provide Global Telemental Health Supervision and Training: A Case from Syria. Acad Psychiatry. 2016 Aug; 40(4):707-9.
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Broach JP, McNamara M, Harrison K. Ambulatory care by disaster responders in the tent camps of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 2010. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2010 Jun; 4(2):116-21.
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Condon S, Savoia E, Cadigan RO, Getchell M, Burstein JL, Auerbach B, Koh HK. "Operation Helping Hands": Massachusetts health and medical response to Hurricane Katrina. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2010 Jan-Feb; 25(1):80-6.
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Kondaveti R, Ganz A. Decision support system for resource allocation in disaster management. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009; 2009:3425-8.
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Orbinski J, Beyrer C, Singh S. Violations of human rights: health practitioners as witnesses. Lancet. 2007 Aug 25; 370(9588):698-704.
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Singh S, Sharma SP, Mills E, Poudel KC, Jimba M. Conflict induced internal displacement in Nepal. Med Confl Surviv. 2007 Apr-Jun; 23(2):103-10.
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Nusbaum NJ. The Katrina public health debacle: lessons learned and lessons ignored. South Med J. 2006 Sep; 99(9):911-2.
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Mills EJ, Robinson J, Attaran A, Clarke M, Singh S, Upshur RE, Herrmann KJ, Yusuf S. Sharing evidence on humanitarian relief. BMJ. 2005 Dec 24; 331(7531):1485-6.