Mothers

"Mothers" 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.

MeSH information

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Female parents, human or animal.

Descriptor ID	D009035
MeSH Number(s)	F01.829.263.500.320.200 I01.880.853.150.500.340.270 M01.620.630
Concept/Terms	Mothers Mothers Mother Mothers' Clubs Mothers' Clubs Club, Mothers' Clubs, Mothers' Mother Clubs Mother's Clubs Mothers Clubs Mothers' Club

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mothers".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Psychology, Social [F01.829]
Family [F01.829.263]
Nuclear Family [F01.829.263.500]
Parents [F01.829.263.500.320]
Mothers [F01.829.263.500.320.200]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Sociological Factors [I01.880.853]
Family [I01.880.853.150]
Nuclear Family [I01.880.853.150.500]
Parents [I01.880.853.150.500.340]
Mothers [I01.880.853.150.500.340.270]
Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Parents [M01.620]
Mothers [M01.620.630]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mothers" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mothers" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 212 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	3	3
1997	1	1	2
1998	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2002	2	0	2
2003	4	0	4
2004	3	0	3
2006	4	1	5
2007	5	1	6
2008	2	1	3
2009	3	4	7
2010	2	1	3
2011	3	3	6
2012	5	3	8
2013	2	2	4
2014	6	2	8
2015	1	5	6
2016	8	6	14
2017	8	6	14
2018	11	8	19
2019	13	2	15
2020	9	3	12
2021	5	6	11
2022	6	10	16
2023	4	11	15
2024	4	7	11
2025	6	3	9
2026	4	0	4

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

Kalluri NS, Pe?a MM, Parker MG. Social drivers in lactation for mothers of very premature infants. Semin Perinatol. 2026 Jun; 50(4):152232.

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Carlin RF, Parker MG, Kellams AL, Hauck FR, Kerr S, Cornwell BT, Kiviniemi MT, Geller N, Boguszewski KE, Corwin MJ, Colson ER, Moon RY. Delivering safe sleep and breastfeeding education to pregnant and new mothers through private Facebook groups: study protocol for a 4-armed randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatr. 2026 04 22; 26(1).

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Cordova-Ramos EG, Colvin BN, Witt RE, Estevez M, Pe?a MM, Austad K, Colson ER, Drainoni ML, Parker MG. Factors Influencing Mothers' Own Milk Provision Among Spanish-Speaking Latina Mothers of Preterm Infants. J Hum Lact. 2026 May; 42(2):396-405.

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Moon RY, Hwang SS, Hauck FR, Kellams AL, Shafer PR, Colvin BN, Karpman H, Carlin RF, Corwin MJ, Colson E, Parker MG. Get Social Media and Risk-Reduction Training (GET SMART) to improve infant safe sleep practices through a mobile text message-delivered video safe sleep intervention for new parents: study protocol for a type 3 hybrid implementation-effectiveness cluster randomized trial in 20 US birth hospitals. BMC Pediatr. 2026 03 11; 26(1).

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Singh R, Pierce CB, Makker K, Jacobson L, Jensen ET, Vaidya R, Gogcu S, Sanderson K, South AM, Thompson A, Perng W, Perrin EM, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Dunlop AL, Dabelea D, Ferrara A, Hedderson MM, Zhu Y, Karagas M, Camargo CA, Hockett CW, Aris IM, McEvoy CT, Ganiban JM, Farzan S, Serrano-Gonzalez M, Carnell S, Geiger SD, Zhao Q, O'Shea TM. Association of Maternal Prepregnancy BMI With Offspring Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Childhood. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Dec; 33(12):2330-2344.

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Sperber JF, Hart ER, Troller-Renfree SV, Watts TW, Miller M, Bellatin A, Meyer J, Dettmer AM, Champagne FA, Noble KG. Associations among prenatal stress, socioeconomic status, and infant epigenetic aging. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2025 Oct; 180:107575.

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Sebela A, Horakova A, Nemcova H, Kuklova M, Noskova E, Svancer P, Byatt N, Janovska A, Hrdlickova K. Mom Supporting Mom: Effective Peer Support Intervention for Women with Postpartum Psychological Distress. Psychosoc Interv. 2025 09; 34(3):151-160.

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Andrews C, Vodapally S, Foster LP, Lawandy I, Murphy M, Castellanos M, Moncada D, Mourao ML, Bhushan B, Berger PK, Fichorova R, Month?-Dr?ze C, Freedman SD, Angelidou A, Martin CR, Sen S. Cohort profile: Mother and Infant Metabolome and Microbiome (MIMM) study, a prospective cohort study of mothers and infants in Boston, Massachusetts. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 18; 15(6):e096957.

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McConnell M, Alsager A, Fuchu P, Sriprasad S, Simoncini L, Drainoni ML, Cordova-Ramos EG, Pe?a MM, Madore L, Kalluri NS, Silverstein M, Schofield H, Farah MJ, Fink G, Parker MG. CuddleCard: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). BMC Pediatr. 2025 05 15; 25(1):383.

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Peacock-Chambers E, Jurkowski BL, Kangas S, DeCoste C, McMahon TJ, Borelli JL, Feinberg E, Byatt N, Zayde A, Lowell AF, Friedmann PD. Home-based family recovery supports: Feasibility, acceptability, and adoption of training home visitors in "Mothering from the Inside Out". Infant Ment Health J. 2025 Sep; 46(5):517-535.

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