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 279 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 25 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1998	0	2	2
2001	0	2	2
2002	1	3	4
2003	4	2	6
2004	5	0	5
2005	4	4	8
2006	4	3	7
2007	4	5	9
2008	5	2	7
2009	5	1	6
2010	3	4	7
2011	4	3	7
2012	5	5	10
2013	5	5	10
2014	12	3	15
2015	14	3	17
2016	11	7	18
2017	13	8	21
2018	11	3	14
2019	9	3	12
2020	10	4	14
2021	6	19	25
2022	1	16	17
2023	7	13	20
2024	7	8	15

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

Ranca?o KM, Curtin C, Must A, Bandini LG. Does food selectivity drive differences in dietary resemblance between children with intellectual disabilities and typical development? Appetite. 2025 Jan 01; 204:107744.

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Feifer D, Merz AF, Avery M, Tsuchiyose E, Eche-Ugwu IJ, Awofeso O, Wolfe J, Dussel V, Requena ML. Parent Views on Parent and Child-reported Outcomes in Pediatric Advanced Cancer: A Qualitative Study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 Feb; 69(2):e131-e138.

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Blakey AO, Amaro CM, Eilenberg JS, Brochier A, Kavanagh PL, Garg A, Drainoni ML, Long K. Characterizing medical decision-making in sickle cell disease during childhood: Qualitative perspectives of caregivers. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Dec; 71(12):e31307.

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Ingersoll B, Frost KM, Straiton D, Ramos AP, Casagrande K. Telehealth coaching in Project ImPACT indirectly affects children's expressive language ability through parent intervention strategy use and child intentional communication: An RCT. Autism Res. 2024 Oct; 17(10):2177-2187.

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Cordova-Ramos EG, Kerr S, Kalluri NS, Ho T, Austad K, Drainoni ML, Parker MG. Communication Practices for Families With Languages Other Than English in US Neonatal Care Units. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 09 01; 14(9):e385-e390.

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Rice JL, Collaco JM, Tracy MC, Sheils CA, Rhein LM, Popova AP, Moore PE, Miller AN, Manimtim WM, Lai K, Kaslow JA, Hayden LP, Fierro JL, Bansal M, Austin ED, Aoyama B, Alexiou S, Akangire G, Agarwal A, Villafranco N, Siddaiah R, Lagatta JM, Abul MH, Cristea AI, Baker CD, Abman SH, McGrath-Morrow SA. Parental Report of Indoor Air Pollution Is Associated with Respiratory Morbidities in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J Pediatr. 2024 Dec; 275:114241.

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Pbert L, Druker S, Crawford S, Frisard C, Bram J, Olendzki B, Andersen V, Hazelton J, Simone D, Trivedi M, Ryan G, Schneider K, Geller AC. A pediatric primary care practice-based obesity intervention to support families: a cluster-randomized clinical trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Sep; 32(9):1721-1733.

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Yeoh A, Ostojic K, Berg A, Garg A, Mcintyre S, Scott T, Eapen V, Woolfenden S, Paget S. Sociodemographic and clinical indicators of children and young people with cerebral palsy and reported unmet social needs. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2025 Feb; 67(2):245-253.

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Carroll JE, Emond JA, VanKim N, Bertone-Johnson E, Sturgeon SR. A Latent Class Analysis of Family Eating Behaviors and Home Environment Habits on Preschool-Aged Children's Body Mass Index. Child Obes. 2024 Dec; 20(8):643-652.

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Gauguet S. To the Parents of the Boy We Lost. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2024 Oct 01; 25(10):959-960.

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