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 162 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	1	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	1	0	1
2003	2	3	5
2004	0	2	2
2005	3	0	3
2006	4	0	4
2007	4	2	6
2008	3	3	6
2009	3	3	6
2010	2	5	7
2011	2	2	4
2012	3	4	7
2013	4	2	6
2014	1	2	3
2015	5	5	10
2016	4	8	12
2017	2	3	5
2018	4	3	7
2019	4	4	8
2020	8	8	16
2021	5	4	9
2022	2	6	8
2023	2	7	9
2024	2	5	7
2025	3	0	3
2026	4	1	5

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

Taber P, Dryden EM, Hunleth JM, Kahn LS, Laird L, Winstead T, Murray GF. "Using theories" and "doing theory": tool and action orientations to theory at the interface of public health and anthropology. Front Public Health. 2026; 14:1707743.

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Jaffe K, Evans EA. From Control to Care: Reframing Medication Access Policies Through Public Health Ethics. J Law Med Ethics. 2026; 54(1):95-97.

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Grosse SD, Vogt RF, Yazdanpanah GK, Chan K, Gaffney M, Comeau AM. The Path to Screening US Newborns for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, 1968-2018: A Narrative Review of a Successful Biomedical Research and Public Health Partnership. Public Health Genomics. 2026; 29(1):83-93.

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Kelley CF, Weddle A, Agwu A, Bolduc PJ, Person AK. Persistence Is Resistance: The Fight to End the HIV Epidemic Hangs in the Balance. J Infect Dis. 2026 Jan 17; 233(1):6-8.

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Bell GJ, Emch ME, Moormann AM, Bailey JA. Ensuring the Public Health Impact of Malaria Vaccination in High-Transmission Settings. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026 Mar 04; 114(3):410-412.

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Son H, Song S, Kim Y, Chung J. Patterns of Living Alone in South Korea Compared to Other Countries: A Public Health Perspective and YouTube Topic Modeling Analysis. Int J Public Health. 2025; 70:1608509.

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Joseph HA, Lemon SC, Goins KV, Aytur SA, Zimmerman S, Alexander E, Brown C, Saha S, Schramm PJ. A Flexible Framework for Urgent Public Health Climate Action. Am J Public Health. 2025 Jul; 115(7):1062-1073.

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Fantasia HC. Erosion of Scientific Integrity and Implications for Public Health. Nurs Womens Health. 2025 06; 29(3):139-141.

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Martin R, DaCunha A, Bailey A, Joseph R, Kane K. Evaluating public health vending machine rollout and utilization in criminal-legal settings. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Feb; 169:209584.

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Lipsitch M, Bassett MT, Brownstein JS, Elliott P, Eyre D, Grabowski MK, Hay JA, Johansson MA, Kissler SM, Larremore DB, Layden JE, Lessler J, Lynfield R, MacCannell D, Madoff LC, Metcalf CJE, Meyers LA, Ofori SK, Quinn C, Bento AI, Reich NG, Riley S, Rosenfeld R, Samore MH, Sampath R, Slayton RB, Swerdlow DL, Truelove S, Varma JK, Grad YH. Infectious disease surveillance needs for the United States: lessons from Covid-19. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1408193.

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