Parents

"Parents" 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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Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.

Descriptor ID	D010290
MeSH Number(s)	F01.829.263.500.320 I01.880.853.150.500.340 M01.620
Concept/Terms	Parents Parents Parent Parenthood Status Parenthood Status Status, Parenthood Step-Parents Step-Parents Step Parents Step-Parent Stepparent Stepparents Parental Age Parental Age Age, Parental Ages, Parental Parental Ages

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

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]
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]
Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Parents [M01.620]

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

Bar chart showing 292 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	3	4
2003	3	2	5
2004	5	1	6
2005	4	3	7
2006	4	2	6
2007	4	4	8
2008	4	2	6
2009	6	1	7
2010	3	4	7
2011	4	3	7
2012	4	5	9
2013	5	5	10
2014	12	3	15
2015	13	3	16
2016	12	7	19
2017	13	8	21
2018	11	5	16
2019	7	3	10
2020	10	4	14
2021	6	18	24
2022	1	17	18
2023	7	13	20
2024	10	11	21
2025	11	2	13

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

Arciprete EGB, Eche-Ugwu IJ, DeCourcey DD, Rosenberg AR, Snaman JM. "Leave No Question Unanswered": Nurses' Role in Preparing Children's Families During End-of-Life Care. Am J Crit Care. 2025 Sep 01; 34(5):380-384.

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Leary JC, Bagley H, Giacchetto FP, Pate K, Foote AM, Murzycki JE, Freund KM, Garg A, Landrigan CP. Feasibility, Acceptability, and Appropriateness of Screening and Referring for Social Risks in a Community Hospital Setting. Acad Pediatr. 2025 Sep-Oct; 25(7):102872.

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Eche-Ugwu IJ, Aronowitz T, Broden EG, Merz A, White-Hammond GE, Umaretiya PJ, Bullock K, Brock K, Johnston EE, Wolfe J, Feraco AM. Psychosocial Experiences of African American Parents of Children With Cancer. Pediatrics. 2025 Jun 01; 155(6).

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Tu W, Gawrieh S, Nephew L, McClain C, Tang Q, Dasarathy S, Vatsalya V, Simonetto DA, Kettler C, Szabo G, Barton B, Yu Y, Kamath PS, Sanyal AJ, Nagy L, Mitchell MC, Liangpunsakul S, Shah VH, Chalasani N, Bataller R. Parental liver disease mortality is associated with unfavorable outcomes in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis. Hepatol Commun. 2025 Jun 01; 9(6).

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Branley CE, Goulding M, Tisminetzky M, Lemon SC. The association between multimorbidity and food insecurity among US parents, guardians, and caregivers. BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 22; 25(1):1487.

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Garg A, Brochier A, Tripodis Y, BarahonaPaz K, Drainoni ML. Potential Pediatric Health Care Consequences of Not Getting Help for Disclosed Social Needs. Acad Pediatr. 2025 08; 25(6):102834.

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Eche-Ugwu IJ, Mazzola E, Stevens SE, Wolfe J, Feraco AM. Illness Uncertainty in Parents of Children With Cancer-An Exploratory Analysis to Inform Intervention Development. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2025 Jul; 72(7):e31726.

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Osborn R, Boolchandani H, Bennett AD, Beagan R, Yankova L, Butala N, Collette H. The Effect of a Brief Medical Huddle on Patient and Family Experience During Rounds. Hosp Pediatr. 2025 Apr 01; 15(4):318-324.

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Phillips CS, Morris SE, Rodriguez E, Woods H, Hebdon M, Choi E, Morris J, Morgan RB, Moorjani D, Lutrell J, Gruber C, Schroder A, Umberson D, Mao JJ. Storytelling Through Music With Parents Whose Children Have Died From Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial. Psychooncology. 2025 Apr; 34(4):e70143.

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Naeem A, Sikder I, Wang S, Barrett ES, Fiedler N, Ahmad M, Nguyen UDT, Martsenkovskyi D, Holovanova I, Hicks MH, Haque U. Parent-child mental health in Ukraine in relation to war trauma and drone attacks. Compr Psychiatry. 2025 May; 139:152590.

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