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 289 publications over 27 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	6	1	7
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	9	10	19
2025	3	2	5

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

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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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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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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Wu SS, Pan H, Sheldrick RC, Shao J, Liu XM, Zheng SS, Soares SMP, Zhang L, Sun J, Xu P, Chen SH, Sun T, Pang JW, Wu N, Feng YC, Chen NR, Zhang YT, Jiang F. Development and validation of the Parent-Reported Indicator of Developmental Evaluation for Chinese Children (PRIDE) tool. World J Pediatr. 2025 Feb; 21(2):183-191.

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Eche-Ugwu IJ, Aronowitz T, Broden EG, Merz A, Vernadakis A, Bullock K, Wolfe J, Feraco AM. Uncovering Structurally Differential Care: Pediatric Oncology Nurses' Perspectives Caring for African American Families. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2025 May; 69(5):455-464.

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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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Geanacopoulos AT, Branley C, Garg A, Samuels-Kalow ME, Gabbay JM, Peltz A. Association between Unmet Social Need and Ambulatory Quality of Care for US?Children. Acad Pediatr. 2025 Mar; 25(2):102589.

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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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